Ballon d'Or 2010 : The Nominees for 2010 Ballon d'Or Award

Monday 5th July, 2010: FIFA announced via its website. “A new chapter in football was opened with the news that France Football’s Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award have been merged. FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter signed an agreement with Amaury Group President Marie-Odile Amaury… meaning that the world’s best player will from now on be awarded the FIFA Ballon d’Or each year “

Speaking in Johannesburg South Africa FIFA’s president Sepp Blatter expressed his joy and illuminated the prestige of the award.“we’re going to combine our talents and experience to create a single reward for the world’s best player. It will be known as the FIFA Ballon d’Or.”

Tuesday 26th October : Nominees list released by FIFA for the first ever recipient of the award. As expected, it is filled with players who stared for their teams in the highest echelon of Club Football: UEFA champions league and soccer’s ultimate price and crown jewel: The World Cup.
Monday 6th December, 2010: The top three players with the most votes will be announced by FIFA and France Football Magazine.
January 10, 2011: In Zurich Switzerland at a gala, the winner will be announced to the world. The verdict rests on football experts from the FIFA’s Football Committee, the Technical and Development Committee, the Committee for Women’s Football , the FIFA Women’s World Cup, as well as by a group of experts from France Football magazine.

Spain 
Xavi Alonso (Real Madrid)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Andreas Iniesta (Barcelona)
David Villa (Barcelona0
Xavi (Barcelona)
Carles Puyol (Barcrlona)
Gernany
Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid)
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Brazil 
 Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
Julio Cesar (Inter Milan)
Maicon (Inter Milan)

Netherlands
Arjen Robben (Beyern Munich)
Wesley Sneijder (Inter Millan)
Uruguay
Diego Forlan (Athletico Madrid)
Cote d’Ivoire 
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Cameroon
Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan)
Portugal  
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Argentina 
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Ghana
Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland)

The eventual winner will be the player who has achieved success in three fronts. Foremost, they should have had a strong showing for their club in the latter stages of the club season that just concluded just before the start of the World Cup in South Africa.there should have additionally transferred their league form into the world cup with their national sides- it helps if their national side is highly ranked in the FIFA World team rankings.
Considering the list is still long, I chose to be more frugal in my choices and bet on the following six in ranking order
1:Diego Forlan
2: David Villa
3: Cristiano Ronaldo
4: Lionel Messi
5: Daniel Alves

Which player is your pick for soccer’s equivalent of MVP? Leave your suggestion in the comments below.