The 30-man Ballon D’or shortlist for this year has been announced and, naturally, it’s caused huge debate.
The usual suspects like holder Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are on the list with La Liga leading the charge for the amount of nominations with an incredible 13, almost half.
In second is the Premier League with the likes of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez nominated after Leicester City won the title last season whilst Dimitri Payet also makes the list amongst others for a stellar campaign with West Ham.
What has surprised some, though, is the fact that there are no Arsenal players in the list despite the club coming second last season and having some of the best performers in the league, too.
Many of their fans were up in arms over this as the announcement was made especially when you also consider what some of their players did last season not just with the Gunners but with their countries as well.
Here are the three we think had a shout of making the list…
