Alexis Mac Allister and Lautaro Martínez have been nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or award.
Mac Allister and Lautaro are the two Argentine players who are nominated for the award given to the best player. With Liverpool, Alexis won the Premier League while Lautaro made the Champions League final with Inter.
Julián Álvarez, who scored 33 goals with the Argentina national team and Atletico Madrid, has not been nominated.
Here are the nominees for the Ballon d’Or:
Jude Bellingham
Ousmane Dembélé
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Désiré Doué
Denzel Dumfries
Serhou Guirassy
Viktor Gyökeres
Erling Haaland
Achraf Hakimi
Harry Kane
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Robert Lewandowski
Alexis Mac Allister
Lautaro Martínez
Kylian Mbappé
Scott McTominay
Nuno Mendes
João Neves
Michael Olise
Cole Palmer
Pedri
Raphinha
Declan Rice
Fabián Ruiz
Mohamed Salah
Virgil van Dijk
Vinícius Jr.
Vitinha
Florian Wirtz
Lamine Yamal
If MacAllister was French , English or Spanish then he would be top 3 contenders easily. This guy’s IQ, positioning, passing and finishing is very underrated. If he plays in a more attacking role than a deep lying midfielder he will be more lethal but since he is the top 3 CMs in the world his coaches are forced to play him deep
Congratulations to both Mac Allister and Lautaro, both well deserved.
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REMEMBER THE NAME ALVARO MONTORO
Another Stunning display of Alvaro Montoro against cruzeiro
If injury free then he will be biggest argentine player sale from the south America.
Big talent with surprisingly good defensive skills AND composure in passing so his final position could be an attacking 8 imo like Pedri (maybe a long term solution after De Paul) rather than an inverted winger (his speed and acceleration is average for that, Echeverri and even Almada are more explosive in that 10 role) dribbling and shooting seems good too.