Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Croatia’s Luka Modric and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah have made the final cut for FIFA’s Best Men’s Player of the Year award, with Argentina’s Lionel Messi snubbed for the top award for the first time in twelve years.
Among the notable snubbed players is France’s Antoine Griezmann who played a pivotal role in France’s triumphant World Cup journey in Russia and won the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup with his club Atletico Madrid.
Griezmann was among the top three in the award category in 2016 and came third in the voting behind Ronaldo and Messi.
That year, Griezmann did not win anything as France lost the Euro Final and Atletico Madrid lost the Champions League final.
The French star has since responded to the snub. Speaking to Goal, Griezmann said,
Atletico Madrid also took to social media after news that their French star has been snubbed.
Manager Diego Simeone also commented on the situation,
Fans have since responded to the situation on Twitter.
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