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[#Football] : Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo Lead 55-Man 2016 FIFA FIFPro World11 Shortlist

ByFasasi

Dec 1, 2016 #FifaPro World11

Football –  

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both been blanketed inside the 55-guy shortlist for the 2016 FIFA FIFPro World11, released on Thursday, that is ruled with the aid of Barcelona, actual Madrid and Bayern Munich gamers.

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All of Barca’s first-choice XI from their 2015-16 name-prevailing group have been nominated—together with Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar and the now-departed duo Claudio Bravo and Dani Alves.

The same is real for actual’s 2015-16 UEFA Champions League winners.

                 Postion                     Nominees
GoalKeeper Claudio Bravo (Chile/Barcelona/Manchester City), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus), David De Gea (Spain/Manchester United), Keylor Navas (Costa Rica/Real Madrid) and Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich).
Defender David Alaba (Austria/Bayern Munich), Jordi Alba (Spain/Barcelona), Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire/Paris Saint-Germain), Hector Bellerin (Spain/Arsenal), Jerome Boateng (Germany/Bayern Munich), Leonardo Bonucci (Italy/Juventus), Daniel Carvajal (Spain/Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus), Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona/Juventus), David Luiz (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain/Chelsea), Diego Godin (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid), Mats Hummels (Germany/Borussia Dortmund/Bayern Munich), Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Marcelo (Brazil/Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Argentina/Barcelona), Pepe (Portugal/Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Spain/FC Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain) and Raphael Varane (France/Real Madrid).
Midfielder Xabi Alonso (Spain/Bayern Munich), Sergio Busquets (Spain/Barcelona), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), N’Golo Kante (France/Leicester City/Chelsea) Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Arsenal), Dimitri Payet (France/West Ham United), Paul Pogba (France/Juventus/Manchester United), Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/Barcelona), David Silva (Spain/Manchester City), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris Saint-Germain) and Arturo Vidal (Chile/FC Bayern Munich).
Striker Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid), Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus), Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina/Napoli/Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester United), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona), Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona) and Jamie Vardy (England/Leicester City).

Conversely, Atletico Madrid, who lost in the Champions League final and finished three points behind Barca in La Liga in 2015-16, have only two nominees—Diego Godin and Antoine Griezmann—while N’Golo Kante and Jamie Vardy are the only players included from Leicester City’s Premier League winning side.

The nominees were announced on the World11 Twitter feed:

More than 25.000 professional players have voted for their #World11. Meet the 55 nominees: https://t.co/E0cbX6J3t8pic.twitter.com/6T9DCJso4E

— World 11 (@World11) December 1, 2016

Vardy is the simplest Englishman to be nominated, with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney absent from the shortlist for the primary time inside the 12-year records of the FIFPro World11.

Bundesliga champions Bayern have 9 nominees, consisting of Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski, while Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini are of six from Serie A champions Juventus.

Highest quality League-based nominees encompass Kevin De Bruyne, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sergio Aguero, Dimitri Payet, David De Gea, Mesut Ozil and, incredibly notably given his bad 2015-sixteen shape, Eden hazard.

In keeping with FIFA, the World11 is voted for solely by greater than 25,000 professional players from across 75 special nations, and the very last group can be showed on January nine, 2017.

By Fasasi

Fasasi Abiodun (CEO IJEBULOADED) is a Nigerian news carrier blogger, writer, entrepreneur and a public relation officer. We bring you the Nigerian News, Music and All Informative Messages On This Medium. Connect With Me Via: IG/Twitter: @ijebuloadedng Call/Whatsapp: +2348050947397

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