Ballon d’Or: Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Ousmane Dembele picked for prestigious award
Premier League champions Liverpool boast several names on the men’s shortlist. Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister, and Mohammed Salah are all in contention for the award, alongside new Liverpool signing Florian Wirtz (formerly Bayer Leverkusen)
Diogo Jota’s deftness on the ball dazzled and puzzled fans, which is why his cruel death in burning car has hurt Liverpool
Jota was beloved not just because of his prowess as a striker, but because of his warmth and friendliness as a human being. Darwin Nunez, his fellow Liverpool forward, said he would always remember his “smile, as a good companion on and off the field” and he wasn’t alone.
