Ballon d'Or 2024 Odds: Jude Bellingham early favourite

Lionel Messi fended off competition from treble-winner Erling Haaland to win the Ballon d'Or for the eighth time.

Can the World Cup winner go on and claim his ninth Ballon d'Or in 2024 or will a new superstar emerge victorious?

Here at BettingOdds.com, we've taken an early look at the betting to win the coveted award next year...

Performances from the 2023/24 season will determine the outcome of the 2024 edition of the accolade, in a year which features blockbuster major international tournaments such as the European Championships, Copa America, and AFCON.

Fresh off the back of his Kopa Trophy for the world's best player aged under 21, Jude Bellingham has been installed as the early 3/1 favourite with bet363 to win the 2024 Ballon d'Or.

The English star has enjoyed a sensational start to life at Real Madrid, scoring 13 goals in his first 13 games for the Spanish giants - including a brace in the recent 2-1 El Clasico defeat of Barcelona - with his trademark arms-wide-open celebration rapidly becoming a recurring theme across Spain and the rest of Europe.

Bellingham will now have his sights set on individual and team honours in what could well be a sensational season as he bids to become the first Englishman to get his hands on the award since Michael Owen back in 2001.

Hot on Bellingham's £100m heels is Kylian Mbappe at 4/1.

Mbappe finished third in 2023 behind Messi and Erling Haaland, during a season in which he scored a hat-trick for France in the World Cup final and was the top Ligue 1 goalscorer for French champions PSG.

The Frenchman has rocketed out of the blocks with 12 goals in 12 games for PSG this season, while he'll be eyeing up international glory with France next summer.

Erling Haaland is next in the running at 9/2.

The goalscoring phenomenon was desperately unlucky to miss out to Messi in 2023. Not only did he win the treble in his first season with Man City, but he smashed the Premier League goals record and finished top scorer in the Champions League.

Harry Kane can be backed at 6/1, a tempting price given his electric start to life at Bayern Munich, where he's scored 14 goals and carved out seven assists in just 13 matches.

Domestic and European honours could be on the cards for Kane who will also be skippering England at Euro 2024.

Lionel Messi is also priced at 6/1 to enhance his tally to nine Ballon d'Or awards. He's already won three more than any other player: Cristiano Ronaldo is next with five triumphs.

There have been rumours of a potential loan spell to Europe - a return to Barcelona perhaps? - and he will be involved in the Copa America next summer.

Further afield you'll find the Man City duo of Rodri (12/1) and Kevin De Bruyne (20/1), as well as Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior (20/1), while five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo and Mo Salah are both available at 25/1.

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