Who should win the men's Ballon d'Or? BBC Sport pundits have their say

The Ballon d'Or winner will be announced in London on Monday – but who is going to claim the showpiece award? The Ballon d'Or winner will be announced in London on 26 October – but who is going to win it? Bookmakers have Spain winger Lamine Yamal and England captain Harry Kane very close together as clear favourites. Lamine Yamal won La Liga with Barcelona and the World Cup with Spain, while Kane scored 73 goals for German champions Bayern Munich and England. Eight-time winner Lionel Messi, of Argentina and Inter Miami, and Real Madrid's France forward Kylian Mbappe are the other probable candidates. Or how about one of Paris St-Germain's back-to-back European champions?
BBC Sport asked several of its football experts who they think should take home the award. Our pundits pick their Ballon d'or winner, do you agree? How PSG's Ballon d'Or duo are pushing each other on Lamine Yamal is just one of five teenagers to start a World Cup final and win it European football expert Guillem Balague: Can you imagine this Ballon d'Or not won by a PSG player or a Spanish player? Impossible. So gone is Kylian Mbappe. The PSG players, there are so many of them that deserve it – Fabian Ruiz, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembele, Vitinha. So the vote is going to
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