Messi and Ronaldo’s FIFA best player votes revealed
Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo were present at last night's Best Fifa Football Awards show at the Royal Festival Hall, robbing the ceremony of some serious star power.
Messi had apparently wanted to attend the ceremony but pulled out owing to a ‘family problem.’ Ronaldo, who also did not attend the UEFA awards – where Luka Modric also won, stayed away from the FIFA best awards yesterday as well.
The award was decided by a collection of votes, coming from the captains of each international team, their managers, and designated media officials from each country.
Modric took the top honour with 29.05 per cent of the vote, with Ronaldo receiving 19.08 per cent and Salah 11.23 per cent.
Following the ceremony, FIFA revealed the breakdown of the vote, with some interesting surprises among the selections.
Despite not making the final three, Messi voted his rival Ronaldo in third place, with Kylian Mbappe in second place and Modric in first,” Skysports report said.
Ronaldo, however, opted not to vote for Messi at all, placing his former Real Madrid team-mate Raphael Varane in first, with Modric second and Antoine Griezmann as third.
Votes by Messi since 2011:
2011: Xavi, [Andres] Iniesta, [Sergio] Aguero
2012: Iniesta, Xavi, Aguero
2013: Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar
2014: [Angel] Di Maria, Iniesta, [Javier] Mascherano
2015: [Luis] Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta
2016: Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta
2017: Suarez, Iniesta, Neymar
2018: [Luka] Modric, [Kylian] Mbappe, [Cristiano] Ronaldo
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