14 La Liga stars on Ballon d’Or shortlist

14 of the 30-man shortlist for the men's Ballon d'Or trophy awarded by France Football magazine play in La Liga.

Real Madrid are represented more than any other club on the shortlist with eight players, while Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both have three players on the list.

Thibaut Courtois, Raphael Varane, Isco, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema are all on the list, while former Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is also shortlisted.

Saul Niguez, Diego Godin and Antoine Griezmann represent Atleti while five-time winner Lionel Messi is there for Barcelona alongside Luis Suarez and Ivan Rakitic.

2018 Men's Ballon d'Or nominees:

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City and Argentina)

Alisson (Roma/Liverpool and Brazil)

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid and Wales)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France)

Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain and Uruguay)

Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea/Real Madrid and Belgium)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Juventus and Portugal)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium)

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool and Brazil)

Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid and Uruguay)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid and France)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea and Belgium)

Isco (Real Madrid and Spain)

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur and England)

N'Golo Kante (Chelsea and France)

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham and France)

Mario Mandzukic (Juventus and Croatia)

Sadio Mane (Liverpool and Senegal)

Marcelo (Real Madrid and Brazil)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG and France)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia)

Neymar (PSG and Brazil)

Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia)

Paul Pogba (Manchester United and France)

Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona and Croatia)

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid and Spain)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)

Luis Suarez (Barcelona and Uruguay)

Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid and France)

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