• Messi favourite to win after scoring 34 goals last season
Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, all of Barcelona, have been shortlisted for the Fifa Ballon d'Or award.
Xavi and Iniesta have enjoyed a superb year at both domestic and international level, winning the La Liga title with their club and the World Cup with Spain.
But Messi is the favourite to claim the award in Zurich on 10 January after another productive 12 months. The Argentina forward scored 34 goals in for Barcelona last season and already has 15 this season.
The Ballon d'Or is a new award after the two major player prizes – the Fifa World Player of the year, voted for by players and coaches, and the Ballon d'Or, which was handed out by journalists via France Football magazine – merged. Messi won both awards in 2009.
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