Ronaldo is not on the list of the 100 best players in the world, so where are Messi and Salah?

As the year 2023 approaches its end, FourFourTwo magazine compiled a list of the most influential players of the year. The surprise was that Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Saudi Al-Nasr striker, left the list.

Despite scoring 34 goals and providing 12 assists in 41 matches with Al-Nasr since joining the club on a free transfer in January, Ronaldo was not included in the list of best player in 2023.

On the other hand, Argentine star Lionel Messi, the Inter Miami striker, Ronaldo's traditional rival, appeared in sixth place after his success with his country in winning the World Cup last December.

Messi joined Inter Miami last summer, after leaving Paris Saint-Germain, and since then he has scored 11 goals and provided five assists in 14 matches.

Manchester City star Erling Haaland topped the list, ahead of Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham, then England and Bayern Munich star Harry Kane in third place, and Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe in fourth place.

Bellingham, 20, moved to Real Madrid for 115 million pounds from Borussia Dortmund last summer.

Bellingham currently leads the Golden Boot race in the Spanish League, scoring 13 goals in 15 matches.

Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, Liverpool's star, came in eighth place on the list of the best players in the world.

FIFA announces the extent of its support for national and continental federations

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has allocated about $2.8 billion from the “FIFA Forward” project to 211 national federations and 6 continental federations.

FIFA also announced its support for a number of regional federations, in addition to funding more than 1,600 football projects during the first seven years (until the end of 2022).

The report shed light on investments between 2016 and 2022 in eight categories, with the largest share of investments allocated to the 211 national federations going to the management and governance category with $448.8 million, followed directly by the infrastructure category with $415.2 million.

In third place are investments directed to national teams, with a total of $357.5 million, followed by tournaments with $186.1 million, and equipment and supplies, which witnessed the allocation of a large sum of $181.1 million.

The same applies to women’s football, with a total of 110.9 million, and capacity development, which received investments worth 86.8 million.

The remaining share of the program’s allocations, amounting to $135.6 million, went to football operating expenses and funding that was not used.

The report explained, “These investments are due to the preparation of no less than 577 new playing fields and the establishment of 208 new competitions, which contributed to providing opportunities for more than 300,000 men and women from various parts of the world to play their favorite game.”