(Reuters) – Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, Paris St Germain ahead Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah have been short-listed for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award, soccer’s world governing physique stated on Friday.
Lewandowski, who gained the award in 2020, scored a Bundesliga report 41 targets within the 2020-21 season to eclipse the earlier finest set by Gerd Muller within the 1971-72 marketing campaign.
Messi ended his wait for a significant worldwide trophy in 2021 when he helped Argentina win the Copa America. The 34-year-old additionally bagged his seventh Ballon d’Or trophy nL1N2SK2HS final month.
Egypt striker Salah is the Premier League’s high scorer this season with 16 targets.
Australia ahead Sam Kerr of Chelsea together with Barcelona’s Jennifer Hermoso and Alexia Putellas made the three-player shortlist for the ladies’s award.
Kerr helped Chelsea retain the Women’s Super League title in 2021, whereas Hermoso and Putellas have been a part of the Barcelona crew that gained the Champions League nL2N2N30HK and Spanish top-flight title final season.
The winners can be introduced on Jan. 17.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
