UEFA announced three candidates for “Best Player of the Year 2018”, in addition to Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus, Modric of Real Madrid and Salah of Liverpool. Messi was nominated for the fifth place among the top ten players.
Cristiano Ronaldo will challenge UEFA Player of the Year for the third time in a row. He scored 15 goals in the 2017-18 season (La Liga) and led Real Madrid to the Champions League.
Just after Messi regretted missing the opportunity, the German media “Frankfurt” reported that Messi is not the best football player in Europe. When voting for the European Footballer, C Ronaldo no longer has to worry about his “eternal competitors.” (Source is as follows)
Cristiano Ronaldo won the ” UEFA Player of the Year Award” four times in total (non-Golden Globe and World Footballer, many small editors are confusing), and has won this honor in the last two years. And his eternal rival Messi, who was a finalist five times, won the award three times. But unlike Messi, C Ronaldo has been a member of the top three since winning his first award in 2011, and Messi missed the shortlist in 2014 and 2016.
Although the German media is so low on the Barcelona star, it should be reflected that in the top ten of this year’s list, there are neither German players nor players from the Bundesliga.