Messi, Hazard, Mbappe miss out of final 3 of FIFA best footballer

- Messi will not be winning the FIFA's Best award this year

- The Barcelona superstar did not make the final shortlist

- Ronaldo alongside Modric and Salah made the final three

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been excluded from the podium for FIFA's Best award after the final shortlists were leaked.

The Best Men's Player will not be won by the Argentine star this year, despite a magnificent season for the Catalan giants.

Failure to go farther with Argentina at the World Cup or win the Champions League has proved decisive for the selection.

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However, the award will be won by one of the following, in a list leaked by Sport: Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah.

The Croatian midfielder has already won best player at last week's Champions League awards, which infuriated Ronaldo as the Juventus striker failed to turn up for the awards.

Messi was part of the initial top 10 nominees, with Kevin De Bruyne, Raphael Varane, Mohamed Salah, Eden Hazard, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe who were all snubbed for the coveted award.

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Here are the final shortlists of awards

The Best FIFA Men's Player

Cristiano Ronaldo - Juventus

Mohamed Salah - Liverpool

Luka Modric - Real Madrid

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper

Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid

Hugo Lloris – Tottenham

Kasper Schmeichel – Leicester City

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

Zlatko Dalic – Croatia

Didier Deschamps - France

Zinedine Zidane – Real Madrid

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Real Madrid trio of Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric won the Champions League's best goalkeeper, defender and midfielders respectively.

Los Blancos captured their third consecutive Champions League trophy on the bounce with Zinedine Zidane recording a 3-1 victory over Liverpool in the finals.

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