MESSI AND RONALDO MISS OUT ON UEFA MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS

No Messi or Ronaldo in UEFA Males’s Participant of the Yr nominations for first time in 10 years as De Bruyne & Lewandowski battle it out.

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer can be within the operating for the award, with a brand new winner set to be introduced in the beginning of October.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been left off the ultimate shortlist for the UEFA Males’s Participant of the Yr award for first time in 10 years, with Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski set to battle it out for the person prize.

Ronaldo, who at the moment plies his commerce in Italy with Juventus, has picked up the accolade on three events and in addition has a complete of 9 nominations to his identify, whereas Barcelona celebrity Messi has received it two occasions and made the ultimate shortlist in six of the final 10 seasons.

Each males have stood out as the perfect gamers of their era for properly over a decade, however as they proceed to advance into their thirties, an inevitable altering of the guard is starting to take form.