World football will crown a new king for 2019 on Monday when Lionel Messi, Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head-to-head in the hope of winning this year's Ballon d'Or.
Barcelona icon Messi, 32, is the favourite to win this award for the first time since 2015, the last year in which the Ballon d'Or was awarded before it ended its partnership with FIFA.
Paris Saint-Germain ace Kylian Mbappe is also fighting to make the Ballon d'Or podium for the first time in his career, while titleholder Luka Modric failed to even make the 30-man shortlist for this year's prize, per ESPN FC:
Antoine Griezmann has finished third in two of the past three Ballon d'Or votes, but the Frenchman could struggle to feature as prominently on Monday after struggling for form since he joined Barca this summer.