And the Winner is ...

Right before the new 2016-17 Football season starts in leagues across Europe, UEFA published their shortlist with the final 10 nominees for the Best player in the world title for 2015/2016 season. The list was done by journalists from each of UEFA's 55 member associations. The list includes: Gareth Bale from Wales/Real Madrid, Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus), Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid), Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich), Pepe (Portugal/Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) & Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona). The list will narrow down to 3 names on August 5^th and the winner will be revealed during August 25^th at the Champions League group stage draw at Monaco.

Most popular shirt in sales is…

Speaking about 2015/16, according to statistics from "sports goods distributors Kitbag" and "SportsDirect", the player that sold the most shirts in last season was.. FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi (no surprise here). 2^nd on this list is Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and the big surprise came in 3^rd place with Manchester United young star – Anthony Martial. Following at 4^th is teammate German Bastian Schweinsteiger, Eden Hazard (5^th), Wayne Rooney (6^th), Neymar (7^th), Sergio Aguero (8^th), Alexis Sanchez (9^th) & Phillippe  Coutinho (10^th).

Blondes have more fun?

Lionel Messi had disappointing off-season after losing in the Copa America Centenario Final with Argentina and announcing he is retiring from The Albiceleste. But right before his pre-season friendlies with FC Barcelona the Argentine reveled his new look to the world with a Blond platinum hair... We don’t know what about you, but this looks like the hot trend for the 2016 summer among footballers after Aaron Ramsey, Phil Jones, Marwan Fellaini and more.

Best tickets online for all Serie A 2016/17 action!

Finally, After all the other major European leagues published already their 2016/17 schedules – the Italian Serie A reveled their upcoming season matches for Juventus, Napoli, Inter Milan, AC Milan, AS Roma & the rest of the first division teams where you can find tickets too all of them right here at FootballTix.  Italian Calcio at its best!