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Ballon d'Or Power Ranking - May 2019

Modified Jun 03, 2019 17:14 GMT

Will one of Messi or Ronaldo secure their 6th Ballon d'Or award, or will we see a new winner entirely in 2019?

#9 Jadon Sancho

Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund - UEFA Champions League Round of 16: First Leg

Jadon Sancho has proven to be the assist king of Europe and he added credibility to that statement with an assist in Borussia Dortmund's defeat to Schalke.

Sancho now has 14 assists in the Bundesliga which is no mean feat for a 19-year-old. He has also added goals to his arsenal, netting twice against Mainz and once against Freiburg to take his tally for the season to 11, proving he is one of the best all-round talents in the game.

While Sancho has enjoyed immense success from a personal point of view, Dortmund's reign at the top of the Bundesliga was short-lived as they yielded the top spot to Bayern Munich with a disappointing string of results.

However, Sancho's quick rise has continued and he moves up 1 spot to #9 on this list.

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After a brief and undistinguished stint as an electrical engineer, Arvind discovered his true calling was churning out hyperbolic prose about athletes he had never met.

A writer and editor with close to a decade’s experience, Arvind’s work has been published on Sky Sports, the BBC, the Guardian and other leading websites. He has attended multiple Grand Slams on the ground and provided coverage for Super Bowls and the NBA playoffs.

As a lifelong fan of Arsenal and the Indianapolis Colts, he has mastered the art of managing expectations and can convince anyone that finishing fourth is a moral victory.

When not armchair quarterbacking, Arvind spends his time playing blitz chess online, watching air crash documentaries and smashing controllers after his latest Weekend League defeat.

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