Ballon d'Or 2018: 5 Players who should have been nominated 

FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2015

#2 Keylor Navas

Real Madrid v AC Milan - Pre-Season Friendly
Real Madrid v AC Milan - Pre-Season Friendly

The life of a Real Madrid goalkeeper is pretty unforgiving. Fifty perfect games can be forgotten in the blink of an eye if you make a mistake at the wrong time.

Navas was voted as the UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season and was instrumental in Madrid's third consecutive Champions League title, if that isn't enough to make it to the Top-30 then I don't know what is.


#1 Samuel Umtiti

France v Croatia - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

World Cup winner, LaLiga winner and Copa Del Rey champion, what more does Umtiti have to do to make it to the top-30. The central defender was France's matchwinner against Belgium, as his flashing header powered Les Bleus into the Final.

Alongside Raphael Varane and himself, France achieved the most number of clean sheets in the World Cup (4). Umtiti was definitely the most shocking and notable absentee in the final Ballon d'Or shortlist.

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