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What in the actual fuck? It doesn't matter who it is when someone stretches out their hand like that it has to be shaken. Pretentious bastard, that doesn't seem like Pep at all.

But saying that some bloke is obscuring the view, so nobody can really see the entire picture. But reggardless, I'm staying with my knee jerk reaction.

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What in the actual fuck? It doesn't matter who it is when someone stretches out their hand like that it has to be shaken. Pretentious bastard, that doesn't seem like Pep at all.

But saying that some bloke is obscuring the view, so nobody can really see the entire picture. But reggardless, I'm staying with my knee jerk reaction.

Lol if you see it in real time, I think ronaldo bumped him and apologize that's it

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Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on 23-man Fifa Ballon d'Or shortlist for the prestigious world player of the year award. Our boy Eden Hazard also made the shortlist this year after a terrific spell in his first season at Chelsea.

The 23-man shortlist for the prestigious world player of the year award was announced early on Tuesday morning, with the winner to be unveiled on January 13 in Zurich.

Bale, 24, became the world's most expensive player when he joined Real Madrid from Tottenham for 100 million (£85.3m) in September after scoring 26 goals for Spurs last season.

Barcelona and Argentina forward Messi has won the award for the last four years, with Bale's Madrid team-mate Ronaldo consistently his nearest challenger.

Franck Ribery, who was named Uefa's best player in Europe for the 2012-13 season after helping Bayern Munich win the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup, is another prominent name on the shortlist.

Ribery is joined by club-mates Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger while Barcelona also have Xavi, Andres Iniesta and summer signing Neymar among the candidates.

Paris St Germain trio Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani and Thiago Silva have made the shortlist while fellow Ligue 1 big-spenders Monaco have a contender of their own in Radamel Falcao, acquired from Atletico Madrid in the close season.

Five Premier League players - Manchester United striker Robin van Persie, Manchester City's Yaya Toure, controversial Liverpool frontman Luis Suarez, Chelsea winger Eden Hazard and Arsenal's recent addition Mesut Ozil - have made the cut.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired at the end of last season, headlines a 10-man coach of the year shortlist along with Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Spain boss Vicente del Bosque.

Ballon d'Or shortlist:
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales)
Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain/Uruguay)
Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Colombia)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain/Sweden)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/Poland)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil)
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany)
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay)
Thiago Silva (Paris St Germain/Brazil)
Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast)
Robin van Persie (Manchester United/Netherlands)
Xavi (Barcelona/Spain)

Coach of the year shortlist:
Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid/ex-Paris St Germain)
Rafael Benitez (Napoli/ex-Chelsea)
Antonio Conte (Juventus)
Vicente Del Bosque (Spain)
Sir Alex Ferguson (ex-Manchester United)
Jupp Heynckes (ex-Bayern Munich)
Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund)
Jose Mourinho (Chelsea/ex-Real Madrid)
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil)
Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)

My vote goes to Ribery this year after the most amazing season he had with Bayern.

In the coaching department, Jupp Heynckes deserves the award after that amazing treble.

Hope Mourinho and Eden can make the cut in 2014. *fingers crossed*

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If one Chelsea player deserved to be nominated it should have been Mata, not Hazard.

Mata won't get the recognition he deserves...for me, he's just a bit too reserved.

Hazard will get recognition cause he's an explosive player, just like C.Ronaldo, Robben, Ribery.

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Yet again, it's ridiculous and amusing that Wenger somehow made it into the shortlist when he didn't even achieve anything of note in the past year (or last 8 years for that matter!). If someone deserves to be in there, instead of Wenger, it is Diego Simeone. The work he has put in to transforming Atletico Madrid to where they are now and winning trophies in the past 2-3 years is incredible. It's pathetic that he isn't even in there when he has done more than Wenger in the last few years!

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