Liverpool, with seven players, is the most represented team on the list of the 30 candidates for the Ballon d'Or announced this Monday by the magazine 'France Football', in which no Spaniard appears.
The European champions have seven names among those vying for the award, whose winner will be revealed at a ceremony in Paris on December 2nd; followed by Manchester City with five names and Barcelona with four.
English Trent Alexander-Arnold, Brazilians Alisson and Roberto Firmino, Senegalese Sadio Mané, Egyptian Mohamed Salah, and Dutchmen Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum represent Jürgen Klopp's team on the list.
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Guardiola's City, the champions of England, have five names: Argentine Sergio Agüero, Portuguese Bernardo Silva, Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, Algerian Riyad Marhez, and English Raheem Sterling.
Dutchman Frankie de Jong, Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, German Marc-André Ter Stegen, and Argentine Lionel Messi are the four candidates from Barcelona. The latter, chosen as the best player by FIFA, is vying for his sixth Ballon d'Or, just like the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who is represented on the list by Juventus alongside Dutchman Matthijs de Ligt.
Real Madrid has two representatives, Frenchman Karim Benzema and Belgian Eden Hazard, while the winner of the last edition, Croatian Luka Modric, is not featured on the list.
Netherlands, with five players vying for the award, is the most represented country, followed by France with 4, and Portugal and Brazil, which have 3 candidates on the list.
PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR THE BALLON D'OR BY CLUBS:
Liverpool (7): Trent Alexander-Arnold (ENG), Roberto Firmino (BRA), Sadio Mané (SEN), Mohamed Salah (EGY), Virgil van Dijk (NED), Georginio Wijnaldum (NED), and Alisson (BRA).
Manchester City (5): Sergio Agüero (ARG), Bernardo Silva (POR), Kevin de Bruyne (BEL), Riyad Mahrez (ARG), and Raheem Sterling (ENG).
Barcelona (4): Frenkie de Jong (NED), Antoine Griezmann (FRA), Lionel Messi (ARG), and Marc-André ter Stegen (GER).
Tottenham (2): Hugo Lloris (FRA) and Son Heung-Min (KOR).
Paris Saint-Germain (2): Marquinhos (BRA) and Kylian Mbappé (FRA).
Ajax (2): Dusan Tadic (SRB) and Donny van de Beek (NED).
Real Madrid (2): Karim Benzema (FRA) and Eden Hazard (BEL).
Juventus (2): Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) and Matthijs de Ligt (NED).
Arsenal (1): Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (GAB).
Napoli (1): Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN).
Atlético de Madrid (1): Joao Félix (POR)
Bayern Munich (1): Robert Lewandowski (POL). EFE