Ballon d’Or ceremony LIVE: Lionel Messi set to take home his eighth award ahead of 52-goal man Erling Haaland with Jude Bellingham favourite for Kopa award

Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the latest news and updates from the Ballon d’Or ceremony as Lionel Messi is expected to take home his eighth award with Jude Bellingham favourite for the Kopa award and Aitana Bonmati in pole position for the women’s crown.

Lionesses won't attend

Four England players are up for the women’s award tonight but won’t be able to attend due to international fixtures.

The Lionesses play Belgium tomorrow night and are in the country for the game, and it’s the same for a number of the players involved.

Georgia Stanway, one of the four England players shortlisted alongside Millie Bright, Mary Earps and Rachel Daly, says it’s disappointing the players won’t be able to go. Understandbale.

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25th to 21st

25. Josko Gvardiol

24. Bukayo Saka

23. Andre Onana

22. Kim Min-Jae

21. Antoine Griezmann

Some more Premier League interest there. Well done to Gvardiol, Saka and Onana.

A bit of a shock to see Griezmann that low down too.

30th to 26th in the men's award

So counting down from 30 in the men’s award first up, and there are a few Premier League stars who have already been announced.

30. Ruben Dias

28. Martin Odegaard

28. Randal Kolo Muani

27. Nicolo Barella

26. Jamal Musiala

The nominees

Here’s a quick remidner of the nominees for this evening’s awards…

Hello!

Good evening one and all and welcome to Mail Sport’s live blog for the 2023 Ballong d’Or award ceremony.

We’re already underway in terms of revealing the order so I suppose we should get straight into it!

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