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Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaku finished just outside the top 10 in Football France's overall rankings for the Ballon d'Or, with the strikers coming 11th and 12th respectively ahead of the winner being crowned later this evening.
The world's best player for 2021 is due to be announced at around 8pm GMT tonight at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris as the highly-coveted award makes its return following the cancellation of the 2020 edition.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi are the two favourites for the award but the likes of Mohamed Salah, Jorginho and Karim Benzema are also in with a shout.
Erling Haaland (left) and Romelu Lukaku (right) finished just outside the Ballon d'Or top 10
The top ten will be revealed at Monday night's ceremony, including the winner of the prize
France Football - who run the annual presitigious awards - had been drip-feeding the overall rankings one by one to fans on social media, starting with 30th place and ending with 11th before the ceremony got underway.
Haaland and Lukaku were both lethal last season - the Dortmund man scoring 41 times in 41 games - while the Belgian, now at Chelsea, netted more than 30 goals for Inter Milan.
They finished just ahead of Euro 2020 winning Italian duo Giorgio Chiellini, who came 13th, and national team captain Leonardo Bonucci, who was in 14th. Their solid defensive displays for Italy to secure the European Championships saw them beat attacking trio Luis Suarez (17) Neymar
