{"id":355049,"date":"2017-09-20T16:14:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=355049"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:17:40","slug":"real-madrid-dominate-fifpro-xi-shortlist-with-12-nominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/real-madrid-dominate-fifpro-xi-shortlist-with-12-nominated\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid dominate FIFPro XI shortlist with 12 nominated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham striker Harry Kane is the only England player on the 55-man shortlist for the Fifpro World XI.<\/p>\n

Thirteen Premier League players are shortlisted, with Wales and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale the only other British player nominated.<\/p>\n

Real are the\u00a0best represented\u00a0team with 12 current players and La Liga the most common league with 23.<\/p>\n

The final XI will be announced at the Best Fifa Football Awards in London on 23 October.<\/p>\n

The shortlist was compiled from the votes of 25,000 professional footballers from 75 different countries.<\/p>\n

Manchester United are the best represented Premier League side, with six players – Romelu Lukaku, Antonio Valencia, Paul Pogba, David de Gea, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Nemanja Matic, who is also nominated for last season at previous club Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u00a0have\u00a0Eden Hazard, N’Golo\u00a0Kante\u00a0and David Luiz, while Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are nominated for Arsenal and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho is also included.<\/p>\n

There are seven Bundesliga players, six from Ligue 1 – including Paris St-Germain’s recent signing Neymar – three from Serie A, with Besiktas\u00a0centre-back\u00a0Pepe, who joined from Real Madrid in the\u00a0summer,\u00a0and retired Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm completing the list.<\/p>\n

Spain\u00a0have\u00a0the highest national representation, with nine players, followed by Germany and France on seven.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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