N'Golo Kante, Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez helped
Leicester City win the Premier League last season
Ten Premier League players have been nominated for the
Best Fifa Men's Player 2016 award.
The 23-man shortlist includes Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez
and N'Golo Kante, who won the title with Leicester City.
Also named are Sergio Aguero, Kevin de Bruyne
(Manchester City), Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil (Arsenal),
Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) and
Dimitri Payet (West Ham).
The winner will be announced on 9 January.
Fans will be given the chance to vote on the award after the
world governing body's association with the Ballon d'Or
ended earlier this year.
The Best Fifa Men's Player is one of eight prizes that will be
handed out at the Best Fifa Football Awards.
The votes of the captains and head coaches of all of the
world's national teams will make up 50% of the result, with
the other half split between an online public ballot and votes
from more than 200 media representatives around the
world.
A three-man shortlist will be confirmed on 2 December.
Kante, who left Premier League winners Leicester for
Chelsea in the summer, and Arsenal's Sanchez and Ozil did
not feature on the separate Ballon d'Or shortlist announced
in October.
Meanwhile, Tottenham and France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris
did not make the Fifa shortlist having been nominated for
the Ballon d'Or.
Best Fifa Men's Player 2016 shortlist
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid),
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real
Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Antoine
Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Zlatan Ibrahimovic
(Manchester United), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), N'Golo
Kante (Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert
Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester
City), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid),
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Neymar (Barcelona), Mesut
Ozil (Arsenal), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Paul Pogba
(Manchester United), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Alexis
Sanchez (Arsenal), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Jamie Vardy
(Leicester City).
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