The 2021 Ballon d'Or preliminary roster is now out, and the organizations have updated their gold medal-winning indexes.

Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer

far ahead of competitors

Cairo

Only ranked 6th.

Ronaldo on the breakaway

Juventus, Italian football team

and then return in the summer of 2021

Manchester United Football Club

, and quickly showed impressive form, scoring five goals in six games in all competitions. He also appeared in 44 games for the Old Lady last season, scoring 36 goals.

But that's still not enough to make

Cairo

Becoming one of the leading candidates for the 2021 Ballon d'Or title. According to a website's index, CR7 is only ranked 6th.

The Portuguese superstar, after scoring three goals in three games, just won the

England Premier Soccer League

The League's Player of the Month for September. The 36-year-old scored twice in a 4-1 win over Newcastle at the start of September and opened the scoring in a 2-1 defeat at West Ham United.

Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer

Ranked first among the candidates. The Argentine superstar has just moved to Paris Saint-Germain and hasn't shown much strength. However, he scored 38 goals in 47 appearances for Barcelona last season.

Bayern

Munich striker Levan is second on the list. The Poland international scored 46 goals in just 38 games to help the

Bayern

Ninth consecutive win

Bundesliga

Championship.

Chelsea

Midfielder Jorginho is third. Next up.

Manchester City football club

of De Bruyne and

Chelsea

The Cantor.

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