A leaked image purporting to show the final voting results for the 2019 Ballon d'Or suggests Lionel Messi will win the award for a record sixth time. The ceremony is scheduled for Monday evening at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
According to the list, Messi leads by 64 votes over Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, who is set to finish as runner-up. Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is tipped for third place, with teammates Sadio Mane and Alisson Becker in fifth and sixth respectively.
One notable omission from the top three is Cristiano Ronaldo, the five-time winner who has not finished lower than second in the last eight years. The leaked list places him outside the podium.
Other top-ten predictions include Kylian Mbappe in seventh, Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt in eighth and ninth, and Eden Hazard completing the top ten.
