Lionel Messi – Barcelona
Despite still being midway through his career, Messi is already regarded as one of the greats of the game and could pick up yet another personal accoldade on 29th August. The Argentine had another fantastic season and his importance to Barcelona was underlined when he picked up an injury during the last months of the season. He had to start many games from the bench and this made Barcelona much weaker. The whole team got a huge lift whenever the Argentine stepped onto the pitch and many will expect Messi to have another excellent campaign this season.