This jury convicted Haaland

– It’s such a big step, like a scandal, wrote Dagbladet’s Morten P after it became clear that Erling Braut Haaland (20) is not nominated for the 2020 FIFA Best Male Player.

Those who, on the other hand, got a place among the eleven nominees, who compete in the somewhat special 0-2-2-7 formation are:

• Guardians:
• Defenders: Sergio Ramos and Virgil van Dijk.
• Midfielders: Thiago Alcântara and Kevin De Bruyne.
• Attacking players: Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mané, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar og Mohamed Salah.

Nominated by FIFA

Now it is selected journalists, team captains, team coaches and fans who will vote for the best player between the period of July 20, 2019 to October 7, 2020.

But the selected ones did not get to nominate the players. This is what a professional jury made up of old footballers does.

On FIFA’s own website, it appears that those who voted for those selected this year were:

• Cafu (Brazil)
• Essam Hadary (Egypt)
• Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
• Faryd Mondragon (Colombia)
• Ji-Sung Park (South Korea)
• Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
• Hristo Stoitsjkov (Bulgaria)
• David David Suazo (Honduras)
• Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast)
• David Villa (Spain)

This is how they played

Article 3 of the regulations establishes that players should only be measured by their performance on and off the court. Team performance or titles should not affect.

So let’s go over the stats for Haaland and the 11 selected. And we start with the Norwegian power council.

In the 19/20 season, he scored 44 goals in 40 games for RB Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund. 10 of them were in the Champions League. This year’s season: Until October 7, he scored 4 goals in 3 Bundesliga matches, a goal in the Super Cup and was scoreless in the cup match against Duisburg.

Haaland continues to offer extreme numbers this year. You can see more of the objectives here:

Erling Braut Haaland:

Goal points: 49 goals and 12 assists in 45 games.
Average per match: 1.35
Titles: Austrian Bundesliga.

Cristiano Ronaldo:

Goal points: 37 goals and 7 assists in 46 games.
Average per match: 0.95
Titles: A league.

Robert Lewandowski:

Goal points: 60 goals and 13 scorers in 52 games.
Average per match: 1.40
Titles: Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League.

Sadio Mané:

Goal points: 25 goals and 12 scorers in 51 games.
Average per match: 0.72
Titles: Premier League, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup.

Kylian Mbappé

Goal points: 32 goals and 23 scorers in 40 games.
Average per match: 1.37
Titles: Ligue 1, Franske supercupen, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue.

Neymar:

Goal points: 21 goals and 13 assists in 30 games.
Average per match: 1.13
Titles: Ligue 1, Franske supercupen, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue.

Lionel messi

Goal points: 32 goals and 29 assists in 47 games.
Average per match: 1.29
Titles: No.

Mohamed salah

Goal points: 28 goals and 13 scorers in 54 games
Average per match: 0.75
Titles: Premier League, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup.

Dagbladet has tried to get a response from FIFA, without success.