The list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d’or France Football 2022 is unveiled this Friday. The winner will be known on October 17, with Frenchman Karim Benzema as the big favorite.
Christopher Nkunku, premiere! Author of a full season in Germany with Leipzig, the 24-year-old tricolor neo-international appears in the list of 30 players nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Or. List unveiled this Friday. For the time being, we only know the first five players concerned. Trained at PSG, Christopher Nkunku left the nest in 2019 for the Leipzig Red Bulls. Winning choice for Seine-et-Marnais, who extended this summer after a year at the end of which he was voted best player in the Bundesliga. 32 goals and 20 assists in 51 matches. Very strong.
Obviously, however, this is not strong enough to overshadow the one who is THE big favorite to obtain this Ballon d’Or 2022, a certain Karim Benzema, European and Spanish champion under the colors of Real Madrid, recent winner of the European Super Cup and author of 44 goals and 15 assists in 46 matches during the past season. It can only be him, despite the prowess of Sadio Mané (Bayern Munich), Mo Salah (Liverpool) and another Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona). Kylian Mbappé (PSG) will still have to wait, he who will be weighed down by the premature elimination of Paris-SG in the Champions League, against … Real de Benzema.
In addition to Nkunku, another French international trained at PSG made his first appearance on this prestigious list, AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, Italian champion last season.
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The list of nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2022 :
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Rafael Leao (AC Milan), Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig), Mo Salah (Liverpool), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Luis Díaz (Liverpool), Robert Lewandowski (Barcelone), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Heung-Min Son (Tottenham), Fabinho (Liverpool), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Sébastien Haller (Dortmund), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Dušan Vlahović (Juventus), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), João Cancelo (Manchester City), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Erling Haaland (Manchester City).