A Look At FIFA's 2013 World Player List-Yaya Toure Named In The 23 Men Shortlist

Men’s shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013:

Gareth Bale (Wales), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Radamel Falcao (Colombia), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Özil (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Franck Ribéry (France), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire), Robin Van Persie (Netherlands), Xavi (Spain).

A look at FIFA's 2013 World player list-Yaya Toure named in the 23 men shortlist
It’s no news that Ivorian and Man-City midfielder, Yaya Toure is the only African players in FIFA’s 23-men shortlist for the World’s Footballer of the year award, however, the one question on the mind of most Africans is whether or not this is due to Africa’s current state of football, or is FIFA blind to the array of talents in African football today?
What's your take on this, do you think they should have been more Africans on the list, if so, name some of your candidates.