Does the early exit of Ronaldo and Messi a sign o follow by as the emergence of new breeds of contenders for the word best( Ballon D'or)? Definitely, their early exit had brought a new faces and a sure possible contenders for this year's edition of the coveted award and subsequent ones to come. If Modric wins the world cup with Croatia, it has already sealed his right to the awarded having won champions league with Madrid already this year.
Nevertheless even if he doesn't, He Still have a fighting chance. This world cup has being a revolution and revelation for talents like Mbappe. Indeed he is already plying his trade on corridor of the greats. At just nineteen years of age and at this pace he is a sure contender for the ballon D'or but more certainly not this year.
With Ronaldo's exit from Real Madrid signs are that if Madrid make the like of Neymar his replacement, then he stands a great change of winning the award pending his performance and trophy won.
We still hope to you see the likes of Griezman and ,Hazard to break the protocol.
Messi definitely is still a strong contender for the award both this year edition and subsequent ones. Ronaldo on the other hands can't be written off, at least not for this year's and next edition pending the outcome of his 2018/2019 season.