The trio of Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah and Luka Modric have been shortlisted as the top three contenders for the 2017-18 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award.

 Ronaldo, Salah and Modric received the highest votes decided by 80 club coaches from last season's Champions League and Europa League as well as 55 journalists, one from every UEFA member state.

The players had fantastic campaign in the previous term, where Modric and now Juventus forward Ronaldo won the Champions League for Real Madrid against Salah's Liverpool in the final.

Despite finishing as a runner-up in Europe, Salah scored 44 goals across all competition in a breakthrough debut season at Anfield, as the Reds finished fourth in the Premier League.

Antoine Grizemann came fourth having won the Europa League and FIFA World Cup with Atletico Madrid and France respectively, while Lionel Messi who led Barcelona to a domestic double was fifth.

4. Antoine Griezmann - 72
5. Lionel Messi - 55
6. Kylian Mbappe - 43
7. Kevin de Bruyne - 28
8. Raphael Varane - 23
9. Eden Hazard - 15
10. Sergio Ramos - 12.


Ada Hegerberg of Norway and Olympique Lyon, Denmark and Wolfsburg's Pernille Harder and Amandine Henry of France and Lyon are up for the women's accolade.

The winners will be announced during the draw for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League on August 30.