Fifa Ballon D'or Update And Shortlist

It's again the time in this topsy thurvy world of Football where The next Fifa Ballon D'Or Will have a new winner with the reigning one being the Young Argentinan Lionel Messi right now or perhaps he can hold on to it?.Anyway this year there will be 23 nominees vying for a spot to be the worthy winner of this prestigious award.And the English unfortunetly didn't really fair to good in the nominee section with only three players with Cesc Fabregas From Arsenal,Didier Drogba from Chelsea And new Sunderland boy Asamoah Gyan being the only players from the English league.Nevertheless,it's sure going to be a heck exciting to know the new winner.Below is the The following shortlist that are in contention for the award:

Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlán (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Júlio César (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Mesut Özil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).

The winner will be revealed in Zurich,Switzerland on January 10 2011.May the best one win!The gala will include for the second time the FIFA Puskas award for the most beautiful goal and the FIFA Fair Play award among a host of other team and individual accolades.


While people are busy eager to know the next winner for this illustrious award...There will be awards for the World manager of the year to with ten Managers shortlisted and once again England having three from their league..Below is the Shortlist:

This is the list,The blue Bolded are the managers currently in the English league!

Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea)		Vicente del Bosque (Spain)
Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)		Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
Joachim Loew (Germany)		Jose Mourinho (Inter & Real Madrid)
Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay)		Louis van Gaal (Bayern Munich)
Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands)		Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)