Messi, Mbappe and Benzema nominated for FIFA’s best player award

ZURICH, Switzerland – World Cup winner Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema have been introduced Friday because the three finalists for FIFA’s The Best award for final yr.

Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas of Spain, England ahead Beth Mead and US star Alex Morgan have been nominated for the highest girls’s prize.

Paris Saint-Germain team-mates Messi and Mbappe, who confronted one another in final yr’s World Cup remaining, are competing together with Benzema to succeed Robert Lewandowski, winner of the FIFA award in 2020 and 2021.

Benzema received final yr’s Ballon d’Or for his performances with Real Madrid however missed the World Cup due to damage.

Barcelona and Spain midfielder Putellas received the ladies’s award final time and is nominated once more regardless of being out since July after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

Arsenal striker Beth Mead, runner-up to Putellas for the Ballon d’Or in October, can be at present sidelined with a long-term knee damage.

The winners can be revealed on February 27 in Paris. They can be voted for by a jury made up of nationwide crew coaches and captains in addition to journalists and followers.

There are additionally prizes for one of the best female and male coach, one of the best goalkeeper, and the Puskas Award for one of the best purpose of 2022. — Agence France-Presse