The Nominations for the best player of this year's World Cup have just been announced, on the short-list for this year's Golden Ball award.
Germany's Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, Philip Lahm and Thomas Muller are all short-listed.
Argentina's Angel Di Maria, Javier Mascherano, and Lionel Messi also get the nod.
Neymar is the only Brazilian included.
While James Rodriguez of Columbia, and Arjen Robben of the Netherlands make up the 10 man shortlist....
