Gerrard and Torres, named for Ballon d'Or

This is, I think, the piece of news of the week. Our two big stars, Gerrard and Torres, have been named for this year's Ballon d'Or among 30 players. We'll know the winner on December 1st.

The last year the winner was Cristiano Ronaldo, and as he's doing so well in Real Madrid it wouldn't be strange that the bet were between him and Messi. But we'll wait and see...

The rest of the nominees:

Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Diego (Juventus)

Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg)

Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan)

Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal)

Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)

Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)

Thierry Henry (Barcelona)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona)

Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

Julio Cesar (Inter Milan)

Kaka (Real Madrid)

Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

Maicon (Inter Milan)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)

Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

John Terry (Chelsea)

Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

David Villa (Valencia), Xavi (Barcelona)

Yaya Toure (Barcelona)