Ronaldo, Messi, Salah and Hazard in star-studded 30-man shortlist for 2018 Ballon d’Or award

FIFA has released a 30-man shortlist for the prestigious Ballon d’Or award this year.

The list revealed today was dominated by Real Madrid with eight players Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois, Marcelo, Isco, Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos, and Raphael Varane.

While Liverpool had four players Alisson, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane nominated for the award.

See the full list below.

Alisson (Liverpool)

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Isco (Real Madrid)

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)

Mario Mandzukic (Juventus)

Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)

Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)

Paul Pogba (Manchester United)

Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona)

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Luis Suarez (Barcelona)

Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)