The Ballon d'Or award will go through a number of reforms ahead of the next ceremony, it was announced on Friday.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi received the award for a record-extending seventh time in November while Barcelona's Alexia Putellas claimed the Ballon d'Or Feminin.

However, it was Messi's victory that led to controversy after he picked up the award ahead of Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.

As a result, France Football's editor-in-chief Pascal Ferre confirmed in L'Equipe that there will be four new changes for the award.