A jury of 80 coaches who competed in last season's Champions League and Europa League, and 55 journalists have chosen their top three nominees for the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award. The first list consisted of 10 players, including Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk, Hazard and others. After the first votes, Messi, Van Dijk and Ronaldo emerged top three. Alisson Becker, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah claimed fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively. Eden Hazard was seventh, Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong claimed eighth and nineth after their stunning season with Ajax. Raheem Sterling claimed tenth. The winner of the trio will be announced on Thursday, August 29 during the Champions League draw in Monaco. Virgil van Dijk, the talismanic Liverpool defender, was voted both the Premier League Player of the Season and the Players' Player of the Year. He played a pivotal role in Liverpool's sixth Champions League triumph. He was also the only man to play more than
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