Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann are
hoping to be crowned The Best in Monday’s rebranded FIFA awards, Skysports
reports.
On the 25th anniversary of honouring football’s top
performers – and having split with France Football magazine – the governing
body has introduced The BesThe inaugural edition of the awards will be held in Zurich’s
TPC studios on Monday, when Ronaldo will be hoping to add to last month’s
Ballon d’Or triumph in recognition of his fine 2016.
The Portuguese superstar helped Real Madrid to Champions
League glory and Portugal to the European Championship, seeing him edge out
Barcelona rival Messi and Atletico Madrid’s Griezmann in the Ballon d’Or
running.
The duo finished second and third respectively, and will now
rival Ronaldo for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016 crown.
Monday’s ceremony will also see the FIFA FIFPro World11
announced, with Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale the
only British players on the 55-strong shortlist.
Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri is shortlisted for the
managerial crown, along with Portugal’s Fernando Santos and Real Madrid boss
Zinedine Zidane.
Liverpool could be recognised in the new FIFA Fan Award
after their fans and Borussia Dortmund’s bellowed out ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’
ahead of April’s Europa League tie at Anfield.
The chorus of solidarity, a day before the 27th anniversary
of the Hillsborough disaster, is a candidate along with ADO Den Haag, whose
supporters threw soft toys for Feyenoord fans to donate to charity, and the
Icelandic support at Euro 2016.t FIFA Football Awards.
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