What's the Socrates Award for, then? You'll be wondering soon enough, with football's equivalent of the Oscars fast approaching.
The ceremony is set to take place on October 28, and the favourites are are all already established. The headline award will see the world's best player crowned and after the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were omitted from last week's shortlist, we will have a first-time winner.
