Modrić, Ronaldo and Salah up for Player of the Year

UEFA has officially announced the three final players shortlisted for the 2017-18 Player Of The Year Award.

Liverpool top forward, Mohamed Salah is among the shortlisted due to his performance to help his team reach the Champions League final last season.

Former Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric is also shortlisted on the three-man shortlist.

Former Real Madrid player, Cristiano Ronaldo who moved to Juventus after winning Champions League for Real Madrid is also on the three-man shortlist 

The winner will be named – along with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year and UEFA Champions League positional award winners - during the group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 30th August. 

According to UEFA,

"The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury comprising the 80 coaches of the clubs that participated in the group stages of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League (32) and UEFA Europa League (48), along with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations."

The Top 10 ShortList:

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2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/ Juventus & Portugal)

3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt)

4 Antoine Griezmann (Atlético & France)

5 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)

6 Kylian Mbappé (Paris & France)

7 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City & Belgium)

8 Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid & France)

9 Eden Hazard (Chelsea & Belgium)

10 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid & Spain)

Source: UEFA

I feel that Modric should be the winner. He performed excellently in the Champions League performance as well World Cup. He was one of Madrid's most important players last season. Even if we should put trophies aside, Modric plays well and dominates for Real Madrid impressively.