Full list of Ballon d’Or released as Trent Alexander-Arnold included and Lionel Messi snubbed

six-time victor Lionel Messi has not received a Ballon d’Or nomination for the first time in 17 years.
Messi failed to make the cut for the first time since 2005 when France Football unveiled the 30-man shortlist for the most esteemed individual accolade in football on Friday.

Cristiano Ronaldo, a longtime adversary, was also selected, but Messi’s challenging time at Paris Saint-Germain seems to have coincided with the hitherto inconceivable. Another PSG teammate, Neymar, was not included.

16 of the 30 nominees are Premier League players, making up the majority of the list.

Below is a list of every name on the full shortlist in alphabetical order:

• Trent Alexander-Arnold
• Karim Benzema
• Joao Cancelo
• Casemiro
• Thibaut Courtois
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Luis Diaz
• Fabinho
• Phil Foden
• Erling Haaland
• Sebastien Haller
• Harry Kane
• Joshua Kimmich
• Rafael Leao
• Robert Lewandowski
• Riyad Mahrez
• Mike Maignan
• Sadio Mane
• Kylian Mbappe
• Luka Modric
• Christopher Nkunku
• Darwin Nunez
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Antonio Rudiger
• Mohamed Salah
• Bernardo Silva
• Heung-Min Son
• Virgil van Dijk
• Vinicius Jr
• Dusan Vlahovic