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Alex Mott·22 July 2024
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Alex Mott·22 July 2024
Welcome to the 2024 Ballon d'OneFootball.
Over the next 10 days, we will be counting down our top 10 men's footballers in the world right now, before revealing the winner on 27 July 2024.
You can read here how we voted for this year's award.
And here is our list so far.
Today we continue with...
Goals in 2023/24:Â 18
Assists in 2023/24:Â 20
Trophies won in 2023/2024:Â Bundesliga, DFB Pokal
Highest ranking among voters:Â DE đ©đȘ (4th)
It really wouldn't be a list of the best players from the past season without including someone from the unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen side.
Xabi Alonso's men were sensational all campaign long, claiming the Bundesliga title without losing a game and then doing the double by bagging the DFB Pokal in Berlin.
One man though, stood out amongst the rest and that was Florian Wirtz.
Wirtz's unique blend of balance, pace and limitless skill has made him a world class talent at just 21. The sky really is the limit.
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It was a season of triumphs for Wirtz but comfortably his best moment for Leverkusen this past season came on matchday 29.
Die Werkself were well clear of Bayern Munich and Stuttgart at this point but needed a win against Werder Bremen to confirm their first ever title.
And it seemed Wirtz was on a personal mission that day with the youngster bagging his debut senior hat-trick in a 5-0 win.