The nominees for 2008 European Footballer of the Year are announced and of course, Cristiano Ronaldo is short-listed. He should really win this year's award. I believe no one would need a reminder of how good he was all year last year... and the years before.Other United players in the list are Wayne Rooney (who has a very big chance on winning next year's award if he keeps on performing like he does now), Nemanja Vidic, and Edwin van der Sar. I would love it if we have more United players on the list but we still have more than other Premier League clubs. Chelsea has 3 (Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard). Arsenal (Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Adebayor) and Liverpool (Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard) has 2 each.
An article at ManUtd.com is discussing how Rio Ferdinand is not in the list after his performance last year. I would have to agree with their arguments. He has been a class act for a couple of seasons now and he deserves some recognition.
The winner will be announced on December 2 in Paris. Quoting Gemma Thompson from the website, "if a certain Portuguese winger isn't beaming with delight at the glittering ceremoney in Paris, I'm sure I won't be the only one with something to say about it." I sure would!
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