“France Football” is presenting the Golden Ball award today, for the first time in collaboration with UEFA, during a ceremony held in Paris, France.
The list of 30 candidate players has been public for a while, and the rankings are now being revealed from the bottom up.
The ceremony starts at 20:00, with Real Madrid choosing to boycott it after the news broke that Vinicius Junior would not win the Golden Ball, which is expected to go to the Spaniard Rodri.
LIVE RANKINGS:
16 – Granit Xhaka
17 – Federico Valverde
18 – Emiliano Martinez
19 – Martin Ødegaard
20 – Hakan Çalhanoglu
21 – Bukayo Saka
22 – Antonio Rudiger
23 – Ruben Dias
24 – William Saliba
25 – Cole Palmer
26 – Declan Rice
27 – Vitinha
28 – Alejandro Grimaldo
29 – Mats Hummels, Artem Dovbyk