The Ballon d'Or

Messi has won the European footballer of the year by a huge margin, 473 points to Ronaldo's 233. Xavi came 3rd with 170 and Iniesta came 4th with 149. Samuel Eto'o came 5th with 75 and Kaka (he won it 2 years ago) came 6th with 58. Zlatan Ibrahamovic came 7th with 50 and Wayne Rooney was the best placed England international on the list as he came 8th with 35. The rest you can see on this list:

9 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea), 33 points
10 Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool), 32
11 Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool), 22
12 Cesc Fábregas (Spain, Arsenal), 13
13 Edin Dzeko (Bosnia, Wolfsburg), 12
14 Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United), 11
15 Thierry Henry (France, Barcelona), 9
16= Luis Fabiano (Brazil, Sevilla) 8
16= Nemanja Vidic (Serbia, Manchester United), 8
16= Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid), 8
19 Diego Forlan (Uruguay, Atlético Madrid), 7
20 Yoann Gourcuff (France, Bordeaux), 6
21= Andrey Arshavin (Russia, Arsenal), 5
21= Júlio César (Brazil, Inter), 5
21= Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea), 5
24 Maicon (Brazil, Inter), 4
25 Diego (Brazil, Juventus), 3
26= David Villa (Spain, Valencia), 2
26= John Terry (England, Chelsea), 2
28 Franck Ribéry (France, Bayern Munich), 1
28= Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast, Barcelona), 1
30 Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid), 0
The top 10 is dominated by Barcelona players with Ibrahamovic, Messi, Eto'o, Iniesta and Xavi all inside the top 8. In the top 10, it looks like this (there will be more then 10 clubs because players moved over the season).
Club:
Barcelona: 5
Man-U: 2
R. Madrid: 2
Inter Milan: 2
AC Milan: 1
Chelsea: 1
Liverpool: 1

Country:
Spain: 2
England:2
Brazil:1
Sweeden:1
Argentina:1
Portugal:1
Ivory Coast:1
Cameroon:1
Overall:

Club:
Barcelona:7
Man-U:4
Real Madrid:4
Inter Milan:4
Chelsea:3
Liverpool:2
Arsenal:2
A. Madrid: 1
Bordeaux: 1
Juventus:1
Werder Bremen: 1
Valencia:1
B.Munich:1
Lyon:1
Sevilla:1
AC Milan:1
Wolfsburg:1

Country
Spain: 6
Brazil: 5
England:4
France:4
Ivory Coast:2
Argentina:1
Portugal:1
Cameroon:1
Sweeden:1
Bosnia:1
Wales:1
Serbia:1
Uruguay:1
Russia:1
As you might have noticed, there are no Italian players on the list. This is probably a sign that the World Cup champions are starting to crumble. Fernando Torres should also be higher then 11th. In my opinion he's the best striker in the world not the 5th best. It's quite revealing.