Former Madrid Galactico Luis Figo, Marco van Basten, Oleg Blokhin, and Zinedine Zidane gave him third-place votes, too. Perhaps surprisingly, the reigning award-winner, Gavi, did not make the top three a year on, despite still being a teenager and thus still eligible for the trophy.
But he did receive at least two votes, as Modric had the Barcelona midfielder at third on his ballot, and Blokhin had him at second place on his.
Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde also amassed votes, with Ronaldo Nazario and Kaka having him at third on their identical ballots behind Bellingham and Musiala. Benfica center-back Antonio Silva also got a vote from countryman Figo.
