10 Players Who Could Win The World Cup 2018 Golden Ball Award

5. Gabriel Jesus - Brazil

Brazilian fans love their number 9s and Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus will be the lucky wearer of that famous shirt at this summer's tournament. Brazil are expected to go very far in the competition and Jesus will be expected to share the goalscoring burden with the likes of Neymar and Coutinho.

The City man just enjoyed a remarkable season at club level, scoring 13 league goals in 29 games as City coasted to a record-breaking title win. He struggled with a couple of injuries along the way and actually had a bit of a goal drought at the start of the year, but kept his confidence and bounced back in style, even scoring City's very last goal with the final kick of the season to help the club win a record 100 points.

For Brazil, he's been unstoppable, scoring 7 times in World Cup qualification and netting 10 times in total in just 17 appearances. A hard-working player who is equally adept at creating chances for his teammates as he is at finishing them off, Jesus will be a key player for Brazil over the next few weeks.