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Scott McTominay nominated for Ballon d'Or
Carlo Garganese
- Updated: 6 Aug 2025 10:41 BST
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Napoli hero Scott McTominay has been nominated for the 2025 Ballon d'Or.
That is according to football reporter Sam C, who posted an exclusive on X on Wednesday morning claiming that the Scotland star is on the nomination list for this year.
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If true, it will be McTominay's first-ever nomination for football's most prestigious individual price.
READ MORE: Who will win Ballon d’Or 2025? Shortlist, favourites, latest odds, date and past winners
McTominay enjoyed a legendary 2024-25 season after joining Napoli from Man Utd a year ago.
He was named Serie A Most Valuable Player by the league after leading the club to a historic Scudetto.
The Scotsman proved the key player for Antonio Conte's men, scoring a host of key goals in the title run-in, including the decisive opener on the final day win over Cagliari that clinched the Scudetto.
In total, McTominay scored 12 Serie A goals in the past season as Man Utd were made to regret selling him.
When will Ballon d'Or shortlist be announced?
The shortlist has not been revealed yet and is likely to be published in September, with the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony set to be held in October in Paris.
The initial 30-man shortlist is compiled by the editors at France Football, the organisers of the event, as well as Drogba and one selected journalist. Once that list has been completed, a selection of international journalists - one representative from the top 100 nations - and national team coaches and captains come together to decide the winner.
They are each asked to choose their top five players from the 30 selected, and order them from first to fifth based on: individual and collective performances during the year, player class and an overall view of the player’s career.
The player who is selected as the winner by each voter is awarded six points, second-place is given four points, down to one point for fifth place.
The total points for each player from every journalist, coach and captain are then added together to decide third, second and first place.
Ousmane Dembele is the current favourite with the bookmakers after inspiring PSG to Champions League glory.
Lamine Yamal is second favourite after a stunning season in which he emerged as football's new superstar, leading Barcelona to La Liga and the semi finals of the Champions League.
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