Contenders:
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and England)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid and Brazil)
Rodri (Manchester City and Spain)
Iconic Seasons:
Lautaro Martinez (Inter and Argentina)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany)
Phil Foden (Manchester City and England)
Toni Kroos (retired)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich and England)
Kylian Mbappé (PSG/Real Madrid and France)
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid and Uruguay)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway)
Nico Williams (Athletic Club and Spain)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen and Switzerland)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea and England)
Protagonist Energy:
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid and Germany)
William Saliba (Arsenal and France)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)
Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter and Turkiye)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa and Argentina)
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid and Spain)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen and Spain)
Declan Rice (Arsenal and England)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal and England)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal and Norway)
[Snubs: -Watkins (AV and England) -Salah (Liverpool and Egypt) -Savio (Girona and Brazil) -Musiala (Bayern and Germany) -Frimpong (Leverkusen and Netherlands) -Akanji (Man City and Switzerland)]
Didn’t Deserve Top 30:
Ruben Dias (Manchester City and Portugal)
Mats Hummels (Roma and Germany)
Artem Dovbyk (Roma and Ukraine)
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta and Nigeria)
Vitinha (PSG and Portugal)
Dani Olmo (Barcelona and Spain)
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SNUB Xi: ST. Watkins
RW. Salah
LW. Savio
CAM. Musiala
CM. Fabian Ruiz
CM. Tchouameni
LB. Cucurella
RB. Frimpong
CB. Akanji
CB. VVD
K. Lunin
More Snubs: Gyokeres, Rodrygo, Barella, Porro, Pepe, Unai Simon