The UEFA best player award shortlist

UEFA revealed the 10 nominees for the UEFA Best Player Award.

The Union of European Football Associations has disclosed the list of ten candidates nominated for the award of the best European player of the 2013-2014 season . The prize will be awarded to the winner at the draw of the group phase of the UEFA Champions League on August 28 in Monaco.

After a vote conducted by the journalists affiliated to UEFA, 10 candidates were selected. A new vote will be held on August the 14 in order to get the last three finalists. During the ceremony of August 28 , the journalists will have the opportunity to vote directly for their favorite.

In the 10 title contenders we found four players from Bayern Munich (Lahm, Muller, Neuer and Robben), two Real Madrid player , The Champions League champions (Di Maria and Ronaldo), and two players of FC Barcelona (Messi and the newcomer Suarez, last season Liverpool).

This is the 4th edition of this award , which was created by the UEFA President Michel Platini. The previous winners are, Lionel Messi (Arg/ 2011), Andres Iniesta (Esp/ 2012) and the French Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/ 2013).

The ten nominees are: Diego Costa (Esp/Atletico Madrid/Chelsea), Angel Di Maria (Arg/Real Madrid), James Rodriguez (Col/Monaco), Philipp Lahm (All/Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Arg/FC Barcelona), Thomas Muller (All/Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (All/Bayern Munich), Arjen Robben (Net/Bayern Munich), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por/Real Madrid) and Luis Suarez (Uru/Liverpool/FC Barcelona).