Ex-Man Utd star McTominay nominated for Ballon d'Or
Nominees for 2025 Ballon d'Or award
Ousmane Dembele (Paris St-Germain)Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris St-Germain)Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) Desire Doue (Paris St-Germain)Denzel Dumfries (Inter)Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund)Erling Haaland (Manchester City)Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal)Achraf Hakimi (Paris St-Germain)Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris St-Germain)Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) Lautaro Martinez (Inter)Scott McTominay (Napoli)Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)Nuno Mendes (Paris St-Germain)Joao Neves (Paris St-Germain)Pedri (Barcelona)Cole Palmer (Chelsea)Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)Raphinha (Barcelona)Declan Rice (Arsenal)Fabian Ruiz (Paris St-Germain)Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)Vitinha (Paris St-Germain)Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
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