Neymar, Messi missing as Fifa shortlists Kane, Hazard, Salah & Ronaldo for best player award

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England’s Harry Kane features on a 10-man shortlist for the Best Fifa Men’s Player award for 2018, Even as Argentina’s star player Lionel Messi and Brazilian star, Neymar are both missing from the lists of key star players for the awards.

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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, Mohamed Salah of Liverpool, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and new Juventus signing Cristiano Ronaldo are also included.

England full-back Lucy Bronze is on the shortlist for the best women’s player.

Tottenham forward Kane, 24, won the Golden Boot at the World Cup in Russia with six goals as England achieved their best finish since 1990.

He went into the World Cup on the back of registering his first 30-goal haul in a Premier League season.

And Kane maintained that form at the finals, becoming the first English player to win the top scorers’ prize since Gary Lineker in 1986.

Hazard, 27, won the FA Cup with Chelsea in May and then collected the Silver Ball in Russia after inspiring Belgium to third – their best World Cup finish.

Salah, 26, also enjoyed a prolific campaign. The Egyptian scored 46 times for club and country during 2017-18, helping Liverpool to the Champions League final in his first season at Anfield.

Belgium midfielder De Bruyne, 27, played a prominent role in a record-breaking season for City, who accumulated the most points and wins in a Premier League season.

It was also a landmark year for five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese scored 54 goals in 54 games in all competitions, spearheading Real Madrid’s triumph in the Champions League and the Fifa Club World Cup.

Voting for the award closes at midnight on 10 August, while the awards ceremony takes place in London on 24 September.
Full shortlist

Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus & Portugal
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City & Belgium
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid & France
Eden Hazard – Chelsea & Belgium
Harry Kane – Tottenham & England
Kylian Mbappe – Paris St-Germain & France
Lionel Messi – Barcelona & Argentina
Luka Modric – Real Madrid & Croatia
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool & Egypt
Raphael Varane – Real Madrid & France

Bronze’s reward for fine season

Bronze’s inclusion on the women’s best player shortlist caps a fine 12-month period for the right-back.

The 26-year-old won a French league and Champions league double during her first season at Lyon after leaving Manchester City for France last August.

She is one six Lyon players nominated alongside Ada Hegerberg, Saki Kumagai, Dzsenifer Marozsan and French duo Amandine Henry and Wendie Renard.
Full shortlist

Lucy Bronze – Lyon & England
Pernille Harder – Wolfsburg & Denmark
Ada Hegerberg – Lyon & Norway
Amandine Henry – Lyon & France
Samantha Kerr – Perth Glory/Chicago Red Stars & Australia
Saki Kumagai – Lyon & Japan
Dzsenifer Marozsan – Lyon & Germany
Marta – Orlando Pride & Brazil
Megan Rapinoe – Seattle Reign & USA
Wendie Renard – Lyon & France

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