2027 Ballon d'Or: Troy Deeney, Nigel Reo-Coker, Mike Grella name winner, top five

Watford fable Troy Deeney, on with erstwhile Leeds United winger Mike Grella and erstwhile West Ham United midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, has shared a way-too-early top-five database for the 2027 Ballon d'Or.

Speaking connected CBS Sports Golazo, Deeney, Grella and Nigel Reo-Coker each compiled a combined database of the players who volition decorativeness successful the apical 5 for adjacent year's Ballon d'Or.

They ranked Barcelona's Lamine Yamal to decorativeness successful archetypal position, portion Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé volition decorativeness successful 2nd position.

According to them, Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham volition decorativeness successful 3rd place, Bayern Munich's Michael Olise volition inhabit 4th place, and Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhães volition implicit the 5th position.

Explaining his determination to enactment Yamal successful the fig 1 position, Reo-Coker said, "I enactment him determination due to the fact that of his power successful games. Look astatine the Atletico Madrid game; helium affects the game, and it is hard to argue."

Yamal finished successful 3rd presumption successful the 2026 Ballon d'Or ranking down Mbappé and Bayern Munich's Harry Kane, who won the award.

2027 Ballon d'Or: Troy Deeney, Nigel Reo-Coker, Mike Grella sanction winner, apical five