Sport betting just got a bit more exciting with the shortlist to pick from for the “personality of the year”
The final list is
Jenson Button
Mark Cavendish
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
Ryan Giggs
David Haye
Phillips Idowu
Andy Murray
Andrew Strauss
Beth Tweddle
you can vote and bet on them on Bet365 with odds for Jenshon Button 1.66
Jessica Ennis on Sportingbet with odds 5.5, with David Haye 7 odds on Boylesports and 17 for Andrew Strauss, betfair has 29 odds for Ryan Giggs and to some others over 100.
You know what you have to do, you have to vote!
The Football world is not really surprised with this result. As it was kind of expected that Lionel Messi wins the Ballon d’Or 2009.
The Argentinian and Barcelona striker happily received the number one spot after winning UEFA Champions League 2009, La Liga 2009 and also Copa Del Rey 2009.
The surprising part was the difference between the first spot and the runner ups with almost the double in difference.
Here is the list of the rest of the nominations with their respective points
1. Lionel Messi (Barca), 473 points.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real), 233.
3. Xavi (Barcelona), 170.
4. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), 149.
5. Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan), 75.
6. Kaka (Real Madrid), 58.
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barca), 50.
8. Wayne Rooney (Man United), 35.
9. Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 33.
10. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), 32.
11. Fernando Torres (Liverpool), 22.
12. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), 13.
13. Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg), 12.
14. Ryan Giggs (Man United), 11.
15. Thierry Henry (Barcelona), 9.
16. Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 8, (tie) Nemanja Vidic (Man United), 8, (tie) Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), 8.
19. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid), 7.
20. Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), 6.
21. Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal), 5 , (tie) Julio Cesar (Inter), 5, (tie) Frank Lampard (Chelsea), 5.
24. Maicon (Inter), 4.
25. Diego (Juventus), 3.
26. David Villa (Valencia) & (tie) John Terry (Chelsea), 2.
28. Franck Ribery (Bayern M), 1 & (tie) Yaya Toure (Barcelona), 1.
30. Karim Benzema (Real), 0.
