UEFA has reduced the number of players in the Year to three footballers. The recognition is given by Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric or Mohamed Salah.
The European Federation will announce the winner on August 30th. Lionel Messi did not enter the final trio. The Champions League winner is a real duo, the top scorer of the series, Ronaldo and Modric, who is the best in the world championships, with early injuries in the finals, but the awesome Salah in the awesome Liverpool attack machine still hopes.
From the fourth to the top, the top ten players look like this:
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético) - 72 points
5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 55
6. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) - 43
7. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City & Belgium) - 28
8. Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid) - 23
9. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - 15
10. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) - 12
The order in the 2017/18's announcement came in the Champions League and the Europa League főtáblájára coaching teams and 55 European journalists voted decide.
UEFA's way of rewarding positions, the EL and the best of the women's field is special, even in these narrow categories of three candidates to the lineup.
Goalkeeper of the year: Alisson Becker (Roma), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid)
Defender of the year: Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane (all three Real Madrid)
Midfielder of the year: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić (both Real Madrid)
The year's battle: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Best of the Europa League: Diego Godín, Antoine Griezmann (both Atletico Madrid), Dimitri Payet (Marseille)
Female player of the year: Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg), Ada Hegerberg, Amandine Henry (both Lyon)
(Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti, m4sport.hu / Photo: MTI, pinterest, youtube.com)