Real Madrid Dominate UEFA Team Of The Year Squad
As the title says the UEFA Team of the Year squad has been released this week. This 40-man squad seeing no less than eight Real Madrid players selected on the shortlist, which will be whittled down and the final XI revealed in the New Year.
As the title says the UEFA Team of the Year squad has been released this week. This 40-man squad seeing no less than eight Real Madrid players selected on the shortlist, which will be whittled down and the final XI revealed in the New Year.
Real are represented by Keylor Navas, with Costa Rican 'keeper finding himself named among the four in this squad. Three of the 12 defenders are ours too with captain Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal and Pepe included in the backline. Luka Modric and Toni Kroos are named in the midfield, which again is made up of 12 players as are the forwards with Los Blancos duo Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo completing our interest.
Among the 12 Players selected from the Premier League are Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey, who had been linked with a move to Real recently, with Spanish rivals Barcelona having five players on the list in the form of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar, Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique.
The 40-man shortlist, as listed on the BBC, is as follows.
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon).
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Pepe (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
Midfielders: Joe Allen (Stoke), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Grzegorz Krychowiak (PSG), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Paul Pogba (Man Utd), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Man City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Man Utd), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Luis Suarez (Barcelona).