As 2020 comes to an end, the annual awards season begins to gear up and FIFPro have released the nominees for their best XI of the year, with a total of 55 players in the running.
What makes the FIFPro XI special is that it is voted on by the players themselves, so teammates will be able to weigh up the performances of each other as well as opponents they have faced over 2020.
Of course Bayern Munich have a strong contingent nominated given their domestic dominance and Champions League win, while revelations such as Erling Haaland are also in the running for the XI which will be announced on December 17.
The full list of nominees is as follows
GOALKEEPERS
Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), David De Gea (Manchester United), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Ederson (Manchester City), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona)
DEFENDERS
David Alaba (Bayern Munich), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dani Alves (Sao Paulo), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid )
MIDFIELDERS
Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich), Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Philippe Coutinho (Bayern Munich), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
FORWARDS
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur).
