Monday's The Best gala in London will not play host to Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi as FIFA crown the best player of the 2017/18 season.
The reason for it is entirely sporting, with Juventus having fixtures on Sunday night and then another Serie A game on Wednesday, meaning that none of their players will travel. And Messi will miss the gala due to Barcelona drawing with Girona.
Unlike last time he was absent, for UEFA's award ceremony in Monaco, Cristiano Ronaldo has informed organisers of his absence.
It is expected that, just like at that event in August, Luka Modric will be given the award of The Best and will be joined by his team-mates, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo and Raphael Varane, all in FIFA's team of the year, with Thibaut Courtois, who will collect the Golden Glove.
Florentino Perez will also be present to see his Croatian midfielder collect the award and share with the photos of his players.
BabaNla_14
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Either u go or not, the award is yours, ✈ will surely bring it home come for you
Dannydrexx
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You can't stop him
TempleK
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He has done that several times and Is nothing new. CR7 has moved a level above individual awards. He has done it all.
nuyaikprtz
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Do individuals don't have the right to thier choice? If he says he would not attend it and gave reasons that to me is convincing then why are we judging him. He is just from playing match today Sunday night and on Wednesday again he will be on the pitch, is he a robot or what? do you know the energy that guy put on a single match? have never seen a player that stress on a pitch like him. has the federation complain of his absent? why are we judging him as if he was to behave as God? is Messi choice to be there and he has the right equally to say he won't attend. have you not seen where a person is absent in a ceremony he is crown as the king? We should wake up in reasoning and stop being naive. wishing the best to who so ever win but I prefer Messi to be in the first three or better still the nominees.
Fatherof
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He might be late but never be absent! He is working hard to prove himself!
swagchicken
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Messi and Ronaldo when they hear this
Africa8941728
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my dear ones , this is fraud , modric is world cup finalist yes, but with which different, how many goals , personal actions , hmmm while CR7 was the key man of 3 champions league, 4 goals and individual skills, but they it to modric why? , now see the world best is like a game because see how he plays and been subtitude with no goal . what a shame, but see what cr7 is doing in every game.please the world should open their eyes
Carolo
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because they know that the award belongs to modric