Chelsea, PSG, Barca dominate as FIFA reveals 23-man list of 2021’s best players [Full list]

World football body FIFA has released its 23-man list of 2021’s best players, and Chelsea, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain dominated the list, and each of them has four players in the squad.

The list showed Edouard Mendy, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante and Romelu Lukaku are the Blues players that made the list.

Surprisingly, Liverpool forward and Egypt international Mohamed Salah didn’t make it to the list despite his incredible year on the pitch.

The EPL was massively represented as 10 of the 23 players play in the English league.

According to the details, the FIFA squad is voted for by the players themselves.

The reports revealed that the 23-man group would be turned into the ‘World XI’ in December, during the ceremony of The Best FIFA Football Awards.

WORLD XI: FULL 23-MAN SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS:

Alisson Becker (Brazil/Liverpool FC)

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy/AC Milan/Paris Saint-Germain)

Édouard Mendy (Senegal/Chelsea FC)

DEFENDERS:

David Alaba (Austria/FC Bayern München/Real Madrid CF)

Jordi Alba (Spain/FC Barcelona)

Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool FC)

Dani Alves (Brazil/São Paulo FC/FC Barcelona)

Leonardo Bonucci (Italy/Juventus FC)

Rúben Dias (Portugal/Manchester City FC)

MIDFIELDERS:

Sergio Busquets (Spain/FC Barcelona)

Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City FC)

Bruno Fernandes (Portugal/Manchester United FC)

Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands/FC Barcelona)

Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea FC)

N’Golo Kante (France/Chelsea FC)

FORWARDS:

Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid CF)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus FC/Manchester United FC)

Erling Haaland (Norway/ BV Borussia 09 Dortmund)

Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern München)

Romelu Lukaku (Belgium/FC Internazionale Milano/Chelsea FC)

Kylian Mbappé (France/Paris Saint-Germain)

Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)