The race for the 2023 Ballon d'Or is over, but has Erling Haaland done enough to keep Lionel Messi from an eighth Golden Ball?
The shortlist for the 2023 prize are set to be announced on Wednesday, September 6 - but how is the top 20 likely to look?
The race for the 2023 Ballon d'Or is over, with some of the world's best footballers having spent the past 12 months vying to succeedIt promised to be a unique Ballon d'Or battle, with the World Cup taking place in the middle of the 2022-23 campaign, meaning it could be a distant memory by the time the votes were cast in August.
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