After the award was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the race for the Ballon d'Or Feminin is back on in 2021.
It will be just the third time that the prize is won, having only been introduced in 2018. Lyon star Ada Hegerberg won the inaugural edition, before U.S. women's national team winger Megan Rapinoe picked the award up in 2019.
After difficult years for the two iconic teams, it is unlikely that anyone from Lyon or the USWNT has their names called out this winter, with Barcelona's incredible treble-winning season putting their stars at the forefront of the discussion.
But how much weight will the summer Olympics have? With a few of Canada's gold medallists nominated, plus some big names that always garner interest, it's difficult to predict how the voting will go.
With all that in mind, GOAL looks at how things may pan out...
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