Premier League midfielders Philippe
Coutinho , Kevin
de Bruyne & N'Golo Kante, as well as Manchester
United keeper David
de Gea
Neymar is also among the first fifteen players to be
revealed by organizers France Football magazine.
The other fifteen nominees will be announced later on
Monday.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo & Barcelona rival
Lionel Messi are both projected to be named on the shortlist.
Portugal's Ronaldo beat Argentine Messi to win the exalted
award for a 4th time in 2016.
Kane, 24, has been picked on the shortlist for the first
time after scoring forty-three goals in 37 games for club & country in
2017.
Ballon d'Or shortlist (first 15 of 30 players named)
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool and Brazil), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium), David de Gea (Manchester United and Spain), Paulo Dybala(Juventus and Argentina), Edin Dzeko (Roma and Bosnia-Herzegovina), Harry Kane (Tottenham and England), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea and France), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland), Marcelo (Real Madrid and Brazil), Dries Mertens (Napoli and Belgium), Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia), Neymar (Paris St-Germain and Brazil), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid and Spain), Luis Suarez(Barcelona and Uruguay).
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