Best Fifa Football Awards: Premier League receives most nominations for World11 team

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The Premier League has the largest number of nominations for the Fifa Fifpro Men's World11 for the first time in 10 years.

Twenty one of the 55 nominees play club football in England, as the Premier League ends La Liga's dominance.

Eight Manchester City players are included - though Joao Cancelo only joined the club in the summer - while Liverpool have seven nominees.

The team will be revealed at the Best Fifa Football Awards on 23 September.

More than 23,000 professional players around the world were asked to choose their best team by Fifpro, the players' union, based on performances between July 2018 and July 2019.

The final team will be made up of a goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfield players and three forwards.

Four Liverpool players - including full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson - are among 17 debutants on the shortlist but high-profile players such as Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku and Manchester City midfielder David Silva are absent for a second consecutive year.

While the Premier League (21) has ended La Liga's (20) nine-year spell as the most productive league, Spanish giants Barcelona provide the most players.

Nine of Barca's La Liga-winning team are included, and Real Madrid have eight nominees.

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have been named on all 15 World11 shortlists.

Fifpro Men's World11 nominations
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), David de Gea (Manchester United), Ederson (Manchester City), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona).

Defenders: Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dani Alves (Paris St-Germain / Sao Paulo), Joao Cancelo (Juventus / Manchester City), Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Diego Godin (Atletico / Inter Milan), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax / Juventus), Gerard Pique (Barcelona) , Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Thiago Silva (Paris St-Germain), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Frenkie de Jong (Ajax / Barcelona), Eden Hazard (Chelsea / Real Madrid), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Arthur (Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Dusan Tadic (Ajax), Arturo Vidal (Barcelona).

Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid / Barcelona), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Paris St-Germain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Mohammed Salah (Liverpool), Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) , Luis Suarez (Barcelona).