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Arsenal fans are fuming after none of the three Gunners players in the running for the Ballon d’Or made the top ten.
A journalist working for the Ballon d’Or official website will have been given a stern talking to after three separate articles declaring each of Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe the winner were published in error hours before the great and the good starting walking the red carpet.
We don’t yet know who will claim the gong, but we do know that trio are in the top ten along with Ousmane Dembele, Erling Haaland, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Lionel Messi, Michael Olise, Fabian Ruiz and Rodri, while the ranking from 30th to 11 has already been announced.
Arsenal won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final but Declan Rice was their highest-placed player in 15th, while centre-back duo Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba came 21st and 29th respectively.
Social media was awash with angry Gooners taking aim at various players who have finished above their beloved trio, but here we run through the ranking in a bid to explain why they’re (almost) precisely where they should be.
Gripes would have been reasonable had the former Liverpool forward finished above any of the Arsenal three.
Premier League winner and Champions League loser.
33 goals in 31 Saudi Pro League games for Al-Qadsiah and four goals in five World Cup games for Mexico.
21 Premier League assists to break the all-time season record and Premier League Player of the Year.
Fair cop, weird that he’s above Saliba.
Champions League-winning captain
48 goal contributions in his debut season for Bayern Munich.
Champions League winner and best left-back in the world.
Serie A title-winning captain, World Cup runner up and scorer of the winning goal in the semi-final vs England.
Premier League winner, Champions League loser and penalty fluffer.
Champions League winner.
Champions League winner.
World Cup winner.
He’s Vinicius Junior.
La Liga winner and World Cup winner who scored the winning goal in the final.
Premier League winner and Champions League loser.
Champions League winner.
Champions League winner.
La Liga and World Cup winner.
Put in maybe the best individual performance from an Englishman at a major tournament since 1966.
Champions League winner.
Champions League winner and Champions League Player of the Season.
38 MLS goal contributions in 28 games. Eight goals and four assists at the World Cup.
53 goal contributions for Bayern Munich.
World Cup and Champions League winner.
World Cup winner.
La Liga and World Cup winner.
61-goal season.
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