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FIFA’S Best awards are nearly upon us, but one familiar face will be missing.

World football’s governing body stunned fans around the world by not nominating five-time Ballon d’Or winner for their Best Player prize.

Lionel Messi will have to wait another year to win his first Fifa Best Player award

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Why wasn’t Lionel Messi nominated for the Fifa Best Player award?

Fifa overlooked Lionel Messi in favour of Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah as they announced their nominees.

The move suggested a heavy focus on World Cup performances, where Modric captained Croatia to the final, and Ronaldo shone with four goals.

Although Mo Salah had a dismal tournament, crashing out in the group stage with Egypt.

But the striker did fire Liverpool to the Champions League final, where Messi was powerless to stop Barcelona suffering an embarrassing quarter-final exit to Roma.

However, the Argentine may still feel a bit aggrieved, having picked up a league and cup double with Barcelona.

Barca would also have become invincibles in La Liga were it not for a 5-4 loss in a game at Levante that Messi played no part in.

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Who makes the nominations for the Fifa Best Player award?

The Fifa Best Player Award nominations are made by media representatives, national team coaches, national team captains and the general public.

Each group gets 25 per cent of the vote.

The selection criteria for the award is sporting performance, coupled with general conduct on and off the pitch.

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