In the list of Top 10 candidates for the 2024 Golden Ball title just announced by Football365, Ronaldo is not named.
As the 2023-2024 season enters its final stage, candidates for the Golden Ball title have gradually emerged. Recently, Football365 attracted attention when it announced the list of Top 10 candidates for the Golden Ball title. A surprise when Ronaldo, who has scored 47 goals since the beginning of the season, did not appear.
10. Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen/Germany)
This season, Bayer Leverkusen showed great form with a series of 45 unbeaten matches to win the historic Bundesliga title. In this squad, Florian Wirtz is the name that leaves the most impression. This season, the 20-year-old attacking midfielder has scored 17 goals and provided 19 assists.
9. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City/Belgium)
The Belgian player has been in the Top 4 Golden Balls in the last 2 seasons. This year, Man City stopped in the quarterfinals, narrowing De Bruyne’s opportunity to compete. To reverse the situation, De Bruyne needs to do well at this year’s Euro.
8. Vinicius Junior (Real/Brazil)
Having an injury at the beginning of the season, he was out of action for more than a month. After returning, Vinicius quickly regained his form. The 23-year-old striker has 19 goals and 11 assists for Real since the beginning of the season. With Real flying high, Vinicius has certain advantages in the Golden Ball race.
7. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami/Argentina)
Messi is the only name who plays football outside of Europe on this list. Even though he played in a non-competitive environment, Messi still amazed everyone by bringing a then-tired Inter Miami team to the Confederation Cup championship. Even if he wins the Copa America this summer, Messi’s chance of winning the Golden Ball for the 9th time is still very low. Anyway, being in the Top candidates is enough to show that Messi is not out of date yet.
6. Rodri (Man City/Spain)
Midfielder Rodri still maintains the same high form as last season. However, this season Man City cannot defend the treble like last year. Similar to De Bruyne, Rodri needs to do well in the Euro if he wants to compete fairly for the 2024 Golden Ball title.
5. Phil Foden (Man City/Anh)
It can be said that Foden is having his best season at Man City so far. After 47 matches, Foden scored 22 goals and 10 assists, many times helping the home team overcome difficult times. This summer, Foden’s England team is also highly appreciated at Euro 2024.
4. Erling Haaland (Man City/Na Uy)
Haaland still maintains his sublime form at the beginning of the season. However, an injury in December caused the 23-year-old star to lose some of his agility in front of the opponent’s goal. Continuous lackluster performance in big matches causes the 2023 Silver Ball to fall behind in the race. In addition, Haaland also lost points because Norway was not allowed to participate in Euro 2024.
3. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich/England)
Moving to play for Bayern this season, Kane scored 33 goals and 10 assists in just 31 matches in the Bundesliga alone. Unfortunately, Bayern let the silver plate slip into Leverkusen’s hands. The only arena Kane is aiming for in the club’s shirt is the C1 Cup when the team reached the semi-finals but had to meet Real.
2. Kylian Mbappe (PSG/France)
Mbappe has secured the Ligue 1 championship this season with PSG. The team also just defeated Barca to reach the semi-finals of the C1 Cup. If he wins the C1 Cup and joins the French team in winning the Euro, Mbappe will almost certainly pocket the first Golden Ball of his career. However, the above scenario is not easy to implement.
1. Jude Bellingham (Real/Anh)
Bellingham had a dream start with Real. Since the beginning of the year, the 20-year-old player has slowed down a bit, remaining silent for more than a month. However, Bellingham promptly spoke up with the decisive goal to help Real overcome Barca in the recent El Clasico match. Bellingham is almost certain to win La Liga with Real. This player still has the C1 Cup and Euro to look forward to in the rest of the season.
