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Lewandowski, Messi and Salah nominated for FIFA Best award

cde.news desk 8 January 2022, 17:15 · 1 min read

Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich celebrates after scoring the 4-2 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Borussia Dortmund in Munich, Germany, 06 March 2021. EPA-EFE/Sebastian Widmann / POOL CONDITIONS - ATTENTION: The DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.

Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has been named on the final three-man shortlist for the FIFA Best men’s player of the year award for 2021 but faces competition from Egyptian star Mohamed Salah and Argentine great Lionel Messi.

The trio were named by the world football governing body Friday in a presentation ahead of the award being handed out on January 17 as part of a TV show in Zurich.

Lewandowski won the title in 2020 and former Germany international Sami Khedira said there was a “great chance” he would retain the honour.”I would bet on him because he’s such an amazing player,” Khedira said as the shortlist was announced.

Poland’s Lewandowski has set numerous scoring records recently but Liverpool’s Salah is also in superb form even if Messi, with Paris Saint-Germain, is perhaps no longer at his best. Barcelona duo Jennifer Hermoso and Alexia Putellas, along with Sam Kerr of Chelsea, make up the women’s shortlist.

DPA

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Lewandowski, Messi and Salah nominated for FIFA Best award

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