FIFA 2018 Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi Bleacher Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo is online to win a third consecutive FIFA's best player after being included among the 10 finalists for the gong 2018, which were announced Tuesday.

Barcelona Lionel Messi was included in the shortlist, as was Luka Modric, winner of the Ballon d & # 39; Gold of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane, winners of the FIFA World Cup

[4] Premier League quartet Mohamed Salah, Kane Harry, Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard . There will now be a two month voting period before the winner is announced at a ceremony in London on September 24th.

The best FIFA Football Awards last only two years, so 2018 will be the first World Cup Ronaldo and Messi, who have dominated individual world sports awards over the last decade, were eliminated from Russia in 2018 to the last leg with Portugal and Argentina, respectively.

Since neith The star could propel his national team to exceed the expectations of the tournament, it could be that the duopoly of the pair on this type of reward is finally broken.

Modric would be the obvious candidate considering that he was the key player of the final Croatia, while he also won a third consecutive UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid.

However, Ronaldo, 33, remains in the lead after scoring the best of the triumphant campaign of the 2017-2018 Champions League.

The former Manchester United also undoubtedly produced the World Cup performance by scoring a hat trick in Portugal's 3-3 draw against Spain.

And he stayed in the headlines after getting a big money go to Juventus earlier this month.