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On Monday evening, the newspaper “France Football” has published a list of 30 players who are in competition for the Golden Ball.
Football fans had the chance to vote for their favorite on the website of the French sports newspaper. Results after the first day of voting was surprising or we can say even shocking.
The two players that in last eight years have won the Ballon d'Or, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are just after Riyad Mahrez (often called as Algerian Prince), mifielder from the Premier League champions - Leicester City.
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Totally have vote 1,441,705 voters from which Riyad Mahrez has received 35 percent of the vote, the second is Lionel Messi (29%), the third is Cristiano Ronaldo (21%) and after him are Rui Patricio (4%) and Gianluigi Buffon (2%).
Of course, this is only a vote of fans as the winner will be selected by journalists.
It is worth mentioning that the 'Prince' who is also Algerian international currently on the transfer market is valued about £ 25.5 million.
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