Ballon d'Or 2012

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Nominations announced;

• Sergio Aguero (Manchester City/Argentina)
• Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid/Spain)
• Mario Balotelli (Manchester City/Italy)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France)
• Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus/Italy)
• Sergio Busquets (Barcelona/Spain)
• Iker Casillas (Real Madrid/Spain)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)
• Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenhua/Ivory Coast)
• Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid/Colombia)
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain/Sweden)
• Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)
• Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
• Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)
• Neymar (Santos/Brazil)
• Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid/Germany)
• Gerard Pique (Barcelona/Spain)
• Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy)
• Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain)
• Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England)
• Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast)
• Robin van Persie (Manchester United/Netherlands)
• Xavi (Barcelona/Spain)

Is it another Messi v Ronaldo debate?

Also for those interested in the Coach award;

• Vicente del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team)
• Roberto Di Matteo (Italy/Chelsea)
• Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United)
• Pep Guardiola (Spain/Barcelona)
• Jupp Heynckes (Germany/Bayern Munich)
• Juergen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund)
• Joachim Loew (Germany/Germany national team)
• Roberto Mancini (Italy/Manchester City)
• Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid)
• Cesare Prandelli (Italy/Italy national team)

 

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Klopp has done very, very well at Dortmund

 

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Would you still be putting Robin Van Persie up there if he was at Arsenal?

You've said, Messi, Ronaldo and then Iniesta/Falcao or Robin Van Persie?