Last year's Ballon d'Or winner, Leo Messi, will lead the Barça delegation that travels to Zurich (Switzerland) on Monday to attend the award ceremony. The delegation includes Neymar, Alves, Xavi, Iniesta, as well as 5 club directors and Sporting Director, Andoni Zubizarreta.
Messi is going for his fifth consecutive Ballon d'Or and is up against Franck Ribéry and Cristiano Ronaldo. Brazilian Neymar is a candidate for the Puskas award, for the best goal of the year. The Barça forward is under contention for his goal for Brazil against Japan in the Confederations Cup. Neymar previously won the award for a goal he scored for Santos against Flamengo.
Dani Alves, Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta - who is recovering from a bruised left knee – will also head to Switzerland. These three players make up part of the list of candidates for the FIFPro team of the year.
Institutional representation is headed by President Sandro Rosell. Vice Sporting Director, Josep Maria Bartomeu will also travel to Zurich along with the Director of Football Training, Jordi Mestre, and Manel Arroyo, Director of the Economic and Strategic Area, and Sporting Director, Andoni Zubizarreta. The delegation will travel after the team's training session, which will take place at 10:00 am at the club's training facilities.
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