The winner of the 2018 Ballon d'Or will be announced next month. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated the prestigious prize for the last decade but this year could be the first since 2007 ...

After Cristiano Ronaldo admitted that he doesn't dream of winning the World Cup, we take a look at 10 Ballon d'Or winners who did not win the World Cup in their careers.

Ronaldo had just won the Champions League when he left Real Madrid for Juventus and it was that same year that he saw his former teammate Luka Modric sweeping the awards as he was left empty-handed.