Vitinha was threatening the top 10 during the last set of B/R Ballon d'Or rankings, but the Portuguese has fully joined the conversation after the Club World Cup. To get an idea of the 25-year-old's influence on the French champions, consider the 771 passes he made during the tournament with an accuracy of 94 percent, per FIFA.

Kylian Mbappé will meet his former club, PSG, on Wednesday in the Club World Cup semifinal. It'll be a fascinating reunion for many reasons, not least because of how PSG have grown without him.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said his revamped Club World Cup would come to represent a “big bang” in football, where the world’s best players and teams compete to determine the best club in the world.