Munich: The Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski has been nominated for the award, which will be announced on Thursday.  He has been nominated alongside legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick has backed the striker win the FIFA Best Men's Player of the Year award.

Goal.com quoted Flick as saying, "Lewy is on one side very important on the pitch, but also he is in the inner circle of the squad. He is, of course, a very important player whose point of view truly counts," Therefore, we are all looking ahead. So that Manuel, as well as Lewy, will win their awards. Both players truly deserve it."

The 32-year-old Lewandowski  Lewandowski had scored twice to help Bayern register a 2-1 win against Wolfsburg on Wednesday. Along the way, Lewandowski became just the third player to register 250 goals in Bundesliga. He is now only the third player in Bundesliga history to reach the landmark after Gerd Muller (365) and Klaus Fischer (268). However, the striker is the first non-German to score 250 goals in Bundesliga. He took 332 games to go past the 250-goals mark, and this has made him quicker than Fischer (460) but not as quick as Muller (284). 

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