The initial 30-man shortlist has been announced today by the editors at France Football, the organisers of the event. A selection of international journalists – one representative from each nation – and national team coaches and captains will then come together to decide the winner.
They are each asked to choose their top five and order them from first to fifth, with first place awarded six points, second given four points and down to one point for fifth. This scoring system then decides who takes home the trophy.
In case you didn’t know, the award was not given out in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and, as such, there is plenty of excitement surrounding the latest event on Monday 29 November.