FIFA best player award: See who Messi and Ronaldo voted for

Author: Web Desk

Real Madrid midfield Maestro Luka Modric won the FIFA best play award on Monday, beating Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Muhammad Salah to claim the award.

Modric received a total of 29.05 percent votes, Ronaldo received 19.08 percent votes, while Salah got 11.23 percent. Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, who missed out on a top-three spot this time around, was present at the award ceremony and now it has been revealed who he voted for.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not attend the ceremony due to personal reasons, had registered his votes too as the captain of Portugal and there are a few surprises.

The Barcelona star voted Luka Modric to win the award, while his second preference was Kylian Mbappe and his third was Cristiano.

Ronaldo, however, did not payback the favour as he did not include Messi in his top three. He had Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane as his top preference, while Luka Modric and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann were second and third respectively.

Madrid captain Sergio Ramos voted for Modric, Ronaldo and Messi in that order, while Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane voted for Ronaldo, Messi and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne.

In other major awards of the night, Brazil’s Martha bagged the FIFA women’s player of the year award, while Salah was awarded the Puskas – prize for the best voted goal of the season.

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