During the evening in a gala event, it will be officially known who will be the successor of Karim Benzema, who was named the best football player in the world last year.

Otherwise, as announced, there will be changes in the way of voting.

First of all, the names of the 30 candidates will be announced one month earlier, on September 30.

Now the number one criterion will be the individual performances of the player, then the decisive and impressive character of the candidate, before the trophies won in this collective sport.

The jury is reduced to 100 voters – journalists who come from the first 100 countries according to the FIFA ranking.