Big absences in the selection of The Best 2016

Piqué, Higuaín, Costa, Godin, Koke, Dybala and Arturo Vidal, among others, do not appear in the list of 23 chosen to be the World Player of 2016

the secret is revealed and FIFA announced on Friday the 23 shortlisted to The Best 2016, the former Golden Ball that world football's governing body has already been delinked Prize. It's a whole cast one global numbers, with Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez and Iniesta for Barca, head and Cristiano, Bale, Sergio Ramos, Kross and Modric, Real Madrid, while Griezmann, by Atletico.

The complete list the form:

Sergio Aguero (Argentina / Manchester City),

Gareth Bale (Wales / Real Madrid),

Gianluigi Buffon (Italy / Juventus),

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal / Real Madrid),

Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium / Manchester City),

Antoine Griezmann (France / Atletico Madrid),

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden / Paris Saint-Germain / Manchester United),

Andres Iniesta (Spain / FC Barcelona)

N'Golo Kanté (France / Leicester City / Chelsea),

Toni Kroos (Germany / Real Madrid),

Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Bayern Munich),

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria / Leicester City)

Lionel Messi (Argentina / FC Barcelona)

Luka Modrić (Croatia / Real Madrid),

Manuel Neuer (Germany / Bayern Munich),

Neymar (Brazil / FC Barcelona)

Mesut Oezil (Germany / Arsenal),

Dimitri Payet (France / West Ham United),

Paul Pogba (France / Juventus / Manchester United),

Sergio Ramos (Spain / Real Madrid),

Alexis Sanchez (Chile / Arsenal),

Luis Suarez (Uruguay / FC Barcelona)

Jamie Vardy (England / Leicester City).

By Leagues, the Laliga Santander palm and Premier with 10 candidates, 2 and 1 Bundesliga Calcio takes.

Significant absences are the Pique, Busquets or Ter Stegen Barca, Real Madrid Pepe, Higuain, Diego Costa, Claudio Bravo, Aubameyang, Godin, Koke, Müller, Hugo Lloris, Dybala, Rui Patricio and Arturo Vidal regarding the list of 30 that among those elected by the part of the Golden ball.

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