No trophies are handed out in December but one of football's biggest personal accolades is about to go on the line in Paris. Here Sportsmail gives you a lowdown to the 2017 Ballon d'Or.

THE NUMBERS GAME: All of this week has been dominated by talk of a dispute between Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba. He was a Manchester United statement signing in 2016.

The Swiss icon won in Australia again this year, becoming the first man to reach the milestone of 20 Grand Slam singles titles and has reclaimed the world No 1 spot at the age of 36.

GLENN HODDLE: As I stood by the touchline for a television interview after England’s game against Belgium, it was a bonus to see Dele Alli out on the pitch enjoying a good training session.

His contract at Monaco expires next summer and, after taking on his former side in the Champions League on Wednesday, the prospect of a return to the Spanish capital has piqued his interest.

Radamel Falcao's two penalties saw Monaco claim victory at Amiens to move out of the bottom three and ease the pressure on manager Thierry Henry.

David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho have all been backed in transfer markets with varied success since Sir Alex Ferguson departed the club in 2013. 

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The only consolation for Atletico Madrid fans as they watched Greizmann wave goodbye was that they have been through this all before… and nearly always come out stronger.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Great managers build winning teams, then dismantle them and rebuild again, and again. This season we might find out if Diego Simeone is in that category.

The Turkish Super Lig club is in talks with Monaco to sign the Columbia forward on-loan, who has been at the Ligue 1 club since signing for £50m from Atletico Madrid in 2013.

Radamel Falcao bagged the winner on his Galatasaray debut against Kasimpasa on Friday night. The 33-year-old scored the only goal of the game as the Turkish champions won 1-0.

A lot can happen in three years. Rewind to the 2016-17 season and Monaco were making fools out of PSG, who were favourites to lift their fifth title in a row before a rude awakening.

Spencer Shaw, who is now a Preaching Minister at a church in Oklahoma, posted a tweet of his prediction from Mahomes' high school year book, and it's gone viral with over 2,000 retweets.

PETER CARLINE AT THE HARD ROCK STADIUM: The Kansas City Chiefs have proved masters of the double-digit comeback. They celebrated in style in the locker room after the victory.

She wowed audiences with a breathtaking Super Bowl halftime performance that included pole-dancing and political statements on Sunday evening.

J.Lo used her Super Bowl half time show to take a veiled swipe at Donald Trump's immigration policies, featuring Latino children sat in cages before breaking into 'Born in the USA'.

The 31-year-old singer looked incredible in a form-fitting pink dress while snapping photos with the Amazon billionaire at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Jeremy Renner and Eiza Gonzalez appeared inseparable as they left Super Bowl LIV on Sunday with fellow Hollywood colleagues Kate Bosworth, Michael Polish, and Jon Hamm in Miami.

Kanye West along with fellow rap music makers Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz decided to celebrate Super Bowl LIV in style at LIV nightclub located at Fountainebleau in Miami on Sunday evening.

G-Eazy - who's real name is Gerald Earl Gillum - took things one step further when he shared a shot of Megan's leggy ensemble to his own page with a slew of hearts to follow.

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has said he would happily accept an invitation to White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win.

It's the addictive Netflix documentary that has won cheerleading a whole new audience since it was released just two weeks ago.

The 23-year-old defensive tackle will pay the adoption fees for every dog currently at KC Pet Project shelters in Kansas City, Missouri.

She stole the show during her Super Bowl half-time performance with Shakira on Sunday night in Miami. And the wins continued for Jennifer Lopez on Monday as she was seen in new images from Coach.

Babe Wine co-founder Josh 'The Fat Jewish' Ostrovsky was in Miami, Florida, when he met a man who was willing to get a tattoo in exchange for a ticket.

Kansas City Chiefs fans celebrated their team's win over the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl so intensely, it was seen on weather radar from 8:41 PM until 9:29 PM over the Missouri city.

President Donald Trump can be seen air-conducting the national anthem during his Super Bowl party at Mar-a-Lago, where he also points and grabs his chair.

Advertisers featured in this year's Super Bowl include Jeep, Reese's, Doritos, Amazon Alexa and Hyundai. Fox said it received $400million for the slots watched by around 100 million.

He starred in one of the most memorable ads during the Super Bowl on Sunday. But on Monday, Jason Mamoa took his wife Lisa Bonet out for dinner in NYC.

Christian evangelist Franklin Graham (left) slammed Pepsi's Super Bowl halftime show and the NFL for 'showing young girls that sexual exploitation of women is okay'.

Outraged parents blasted Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's sexy moves during the Super Bowl halftime performance as 'disgusting,' 'vulgar' and too provocative for children.

Colin Kaepernick spent Super Bowl Sunday donating clothes to a New York charity and serving meals to those in need while the San Francisco 49ers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs.

President Trump's son, Eric, claimed his father's work on criminal justice outstripped the Democrats' promises to help those incarcerated on unjust sentences. His Super Bowl ad had sparked fury.

Corrections officers confiscated the large stash of contraband booze made from fruit and juice that was hidden in trash cans at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, on Saturday.

Instagram model Kelly Kay Green, 27, boasted about her actions following her release from jail. She tried to run across the pitch at the beginning of the Super Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday.

Just hours after watching the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Karlie Kloss was back home in New York City.

Cardi B may be living it up at the Super Bowl and attending parties, but she's out here proving she's just from Bronx. The rapper took to her Instagram to share her head-to-toe purple evening look.

The 27-year-old pop megastar lived it up during her four night stay at the celeb-favorite Nobu Hotel Miami Beach leading up to the big game.

The quarterback and his longtime love, who are both 24, rode atop a double-decker bus through the streets as fans celebrated the team's thrilling come-from-behind 31-20 Super Bowl win.

With Patrick Mahomes looking set to dominate the NFL for the next decade after his Super Bowl heroics, Sportsmail take a look at the other young hot shots next in line to rule their sport.

Shakira has taken to YouTube to share a dance tutorial for the Champeta dance choreography she and a large group of backup dancers displayed during Sunday's performance.

After incredible performances at the Grammy Awards and Super Bowl, Demi Lovato announced she's going to host her own talk show and have frank conversations.

Instagram model Kelly Kay Green, 27, was revealed as the Superbowl Streaker who was bruised and had her dress ripped as six security guards tackled her to the ground to arrest her.

The rapper, whose real name is Austin Richard Post, had just played a concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

She just won her first three Grammys, and then proceeded to take Miami by storm with a performance and several twerking moments on Super Bowl weekend.

LaRue Bell, 43, was at the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade Wednesday in Missouri when he said he saw Mahomes - on top of a bus on the parade route - point to him, before throwing a football.

Abbie Flynn, 59, was last heard from at around 4pm on February 2 when she called her son and told him she was going for a walk before hosting friends at her home in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

McKinney, 26, paired the lingerie-style top with black tailored flares and pointed toe silver heels.

The Kansas City Chiefs were down 20-10. Mahomes had been contained by the San Francisco 49ers' front four, rendered impotent by relentless pressure.

Brady, 42, posted a snap of himself and Bündchen, 39, smiling at each other as they worked their upper bodies. She also took to her story with the photo, which he originally captioned: '#nodaysoff.'