MARTIN ODEGAARD AND BUKAYO SAKA NOMINATED FOR BALLON D’OR AWARD
Following their outstanding individual seasons with the North Londoners last season, Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard and forward Bukayo Saka have both been named to the Ballon d’Or nomination list for 2023.
The Gunners’ players were named to the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and were nominated for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award, with Saka taking home the PFA Young Player of the Year award, England’s Men’s Player of the Year award, and Young Player of the Year at the London Football Awards.
Odegaard was named Arsenal Player of the Season as well as Player of the Year at the London Football Awards.
Last season, the Norwegian international finished with 15 goals and seven assists in 37 Premier League appearances, and he has two goals in four league games this season.
Saka had 14 goals and 11 assists in 38 Premier League games in 2022-23 and has already scored twice and assisted once in four games this season.
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MARTIN ODEGAARD AND BUKAYO SAKA NOMINATED FOR BALLON D’OR AWARD
The Arsenal duo have been nominated alongside Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Manchester United’s Andre Onana, Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez and Manchester City’s Josko Gvardiol, Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri in the Premier League.
The Bundesliga is represented by Jamal Musiala, Kim Min-jae, and Harry Kane from Bayern Munich, while Serie A is represented by Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen and Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella and Lautaro Martinez.
Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Luka Modric, Barcelona’s Ilkay Gundogan and Robert Lewandowski and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann have been nominated from the La Liga, with the Ligue 1 represented by Paris Saint-Germain’s Randal Kolo Muani and Kylian Mbappe.
There are nominations outside of Europe, with current holder and Al-Ittihad’s Karim Benzema, Al Hilal’s Yassine Bounou and seven-time winner and Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi also making the list.
The awards will take place on October 30 in Paris, with Messi, De Bruyne and Halaand favourites to make the top three.
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