Assessing the Top 5 Candidates for the 2015 FIFA Ballon D'Or

The next Ballon d’Or winner will be announced on January 12, 2015, and after a year of footballing drama and excellence, the upcoming instalment promises to be one of most hotly contested competitions yet. Not content with a scintillating end to the 2013/14 domestic season, this year also saw a thrilling World Cup in Brazil—a tournament that threw up all manner of surprises and birthed new footballing stars. With just three months left until the winner is announced, let’s look at five cand...