FIFA has unveiled the finalists for its marquee honors ahead of this month’s The Best Football Awards show, with a collection of the game’s top players in direct competition for silverware.

After this year’s Ballon d’Or was scrapped due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, FIFA’s annual honors represent the only opportunity for the top men’s and women’s footballers to collect personal hardware in 2020.

The award winners will be announced on Dec. 17.

Here are the finalists for the main individual accolades:

Best Men’s Player

• Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus and Portugal)
• Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)
• Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland)

Best Women’s Player

• Lucy Bronze (Manchester City and England)
• Pernille Harder (Chelsea and Denmark)
• Wendie Renard (Lyon and France)

Best Men’s Coach

• Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United)
• Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern Munich)
• Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

Best Women’s Coach

• Emma Hayes (Chelsea)
• Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon)
• Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)

Best Men’s Goalkeeper

• Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)
• Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany)
• Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia)

Best Women’s Goalkeeper

• Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon and France)
• Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain and Chile)
• Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars and United States)

Puskas Award (best goal)

• Giorgian De Arrascaeta: Flamengo vs. Ceara (Aug. 25, 2019)
• Heung-Min Son: Tottenham vs. Burnley (Dec. 7, 2019)
• Luis Suarez: Barcelona vs. Mallorca (Dec. 7, 2019)

Other honors set to be doled out include FIFA’s Fair Play and Fan awards, while both the men’s and women’s FIFPro World XIs will also be unveiled during a virtual ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland.

Hungarian talent Dominik Szoboszlai, one of the most sought-after youngsters in European football, is set to snub AC Milan and Arsenal and complete a move to RB Leipzig, The Guardian’s Fabrizio Romano reports.

Szoboszlai, who currently stars for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg, is reportedly expected to stay in the Red Bull family with Leipzig. The club will simply have to pay €25 million to activate his release clause.

Once official, the 20-year-old will sign a five-year contract with Julian Nagelsmann’s side, according to Romano.

Milan and Arsenal had long been linked with the attacking midfielder, who has shone at both club and international level. His last-minute winner against Iceland – a tremendous solo effort in the 92nd minute – clinched Hungary’s place at Euro 2020.

In the summer, Milan seemed the most likely destination for Szoboszlai. Ralf Rangnick, who had been working as Red Bull’s head of sport and development, was in discussions to take over as Milan’s technical director before eventually withdrawing from negotiations.

Szoboszlai was also on Arsenal’s short list of potential signings ahead of the upcoming transfer window. The Gunners have reportedly identified Lyon’s Houssem Aouar as one of their targets.

Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch said Szoboszlai was likely to leave the club in January.

“The reality is that a guy like Dominik Szoboszlai is likely to have many suitors this winter. He’s an incredible talent,” Marsch said on the “Futbol with Grant Wahl” podcast.

“Let’s see what happens, but I would be surprised if he winds up staying past winter.”

Salzburg dropped down to the Europa League after finishing third in Champions League Group A.

Szoboszlai has racked up eight goals and six assists in all competitions so far this season.

The match official accused of making a derogatory comment in a Champions League contest earlier this week insists he is not racist.

“I am just trying to be good,” Romanian referee Sebastian Coltescu said in an interview with Prosport, as translated by ESPN. “I will not read any news during these days.

“Anyone who knows me knows I’m not racist. At least, I hope that’s the case.”

UEFA launched an investigation a day after members of Istanbul Basaksehir accused Coltescu of racial abuse during the Turkish club’s originally scheduled match against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.

Coltescu was serving as the fourth official for the encounter and is said to have made the comment in his native language when he referred to assistant coach Pierre Webo as “the Black one over there,” according to Reuters.

The match was suspended after both teams walked off the pitch in protest and refused to finish the game. A new officiating crew took charge on Wednesday, with Neymar starring in the rescheduled contest by scoring a hat-trick in PSG’s 5-1 victory.

Before the game restarted from the 13th minute, players on both teams gathered at the center circle to display a message against racism.

Coltescu faces a possible 10-match suspension if he is found to have violated Article 14 of UEFA’s disciplinary regulations, according to Paul MacInnes of The Guardian. The punishment applies to referees, players, and anyone who “insults the human dignity of a person … on whatever grounds, including skin color, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, or sexual orientation.”