The 25 Best Football Pictures of the Week on Instagram

The week began with the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony and ended with the NBA's takeover of London.

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Despite a rare midweek treat of blistering Premier League action, it was events away from the pitch that got players truly excited this week.

The week began with the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, which saw Lionel Messi recognised as the best player on the planet for a fifth time. Typically, some of the biggest names in football lined up for selfies with the man of the hour.

It was also a week in which the NBA descended on London, cue plenty of Arsenal and Chelsea players becoming overnight ballers. Here's the 25 best football pictures from Instagram this week.

Ronaldinho

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Dani Alves

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gareth Bale

Saido Berahino

Iker Casillas

Cristiano Ronaldo

Dani Alves and Barcelona

Jermain Defoe

Emre Can

Mario Goetze, Robert Lewandowski and David Alaba

Ilkay Gundogan and Shinji Kagawa

Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, Kurt Zouma and Loic Remy

Andres Iniesta, Neymar, Lionel Messi and Dani Alves

Ezequiel Lavezzi

Robert Lewandowski with Novak Djokovic

Manuel Neuer

Neymar and Lionel Messi

Paul Pogba

Sergio Ramos

Cristiano Ronaldo

Roberto Soldado

Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Neymar

Calum Chambers, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud and Carl Jenkinson

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