The Athletic’s Friday football quiz question #28

Welcome to the 28th edition of The Athletic’s Friday quiz question.

At the end of every week, we’ll serve up a poser from our vault of football conundrums. It won’t be easy (unless you’re really good), but what better way to head into the weekend than giving your soccer-loving brain a bit of exercise? Chuck it in your group chats and see who knows their stuff.

Oh, and there’s no prize, except the quiet satisfaction of a job well done.

So, without any further delay…

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Eleven English clubs have had a player finish in the top three in the Ballon d’Or. Name those clubs…

The answers will be revealed here later today.

P.S. The links to the previous 27 Friday football quiz questions are below.

The previous quiz questions:

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

Question 11

Question 12

Question 13

Question 14

Question 15

Question 16

Question 17

Question 18

Question 19

Question 20

Question 21

Question 22

Question 23

Question 24

Question 25

Question 26

Question 27

(Top image artwork: Eamonn Dalton)