On Wednesday, the FIFPro organization announced a list of 55 footballers who are included in the list of players competing to make it into the top eleven.
Even nine athletes among the candidates made it for the first time. They include: Jan Oblak, Samuel Umtiti, Antonio Valencia, Casemiro, Philippe Coutinho, Nemanja Matic, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, and Kylian Mbappe.
The list is dominated by five giants: Real Madrid has 13 players, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have 8 each, Man Utd and PSG can boast of having 6 athletes each.
Football enthusiasts are probably missing the names of Hector Bellerin, Xabi Alonso, Kevin De Bruyne, Dimitri Payet, Ivan Rakitic, David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, Thomas Muller, and Jamie Vardy.
Candidates for the top eleven list:
Goalkeepers
Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus David de Gea - Manchester United Keylor Navas - Real Madrid Manuel Neuer - Bayern Munich Jan Oblak - Atlético Madrid
Defenders
David Alaba - Bayern Munich Jordi Alba - Barcelona Dani Alves - Paris Saint-Germain Jerome Boateng - Bayern Munich Leonardo Bonucci - AC Milan Dani Carvajal - Real Madrid Giorgio Chiellini - Juventus Diego Godin - Atletico Madrid Mats Hummels - Bayern Munich Phillipp Lahm - retired David Luiz - Chelsea Marcelo - Real Madrid Javier Mascherano - Barcelona Pepe - Besiktas Gerard Pique – Barcelona Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid Thiago Silva - Paris Saint-Germain Samuel Umtiti - Barcelona Antonio Valencia - Manchester United Raphael Varane - Real Madrid
Midfielders
Thiago Alcantara - Bayern Sergio Busquets - Barcelona Casemiro - Real Madrid Philippe Coutinho - Liverpool FC Eden Hazard - Chelsea FC Andres Iniesta - Barcelona Isco - Real Madrid N’Golo Kante - Chelsea FC Toni Kroos - Real Madrid Nemanja Matic - Manchester United Luka Modric - Real Madrid Mesut Ozil - Arsenal FC Paul Pogba - Manchester United Marco Verratti - Paris Saint-Germain Arturo Vidal - Bayern Munich
Forwards
Gareth Bale - Real Madrid Karim Benzema - Real Madrid Edinson Cavani - Paris Saint-Germain Paulo Dybala - Juventus Antoine Griezmann - Atletico Madrid Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Manchester United Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur Robert Lewandowski - Bayern Munich Romelu Lukaku - Manchester United Kylian Mbappe - Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi - Barcelona Neymar - Paris Saint-Germain Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid Alexis Sanchez - Arsenal FC Luis Suarez - Barcelona
