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Three Liverpool Players Secure Nominations for FIFA 2025 FIFPRO Men’s World 11 Award

Three well-known Liverpool FC players have been nominated to join the FIFA team 2025 FIFPRO Men’s World 11. This is an excellent achievement for the men, as this reward stands as a sort of ‘team of the year award’ and is voted on not by journalists or fans, but by other players. Among those nominated we have the highly regarded Mo Salah, who, despite being one of Liverpool’s strongest players, has never before been given a nomination until this year.

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Alongside Mo Salah, goalkeeper Alisson Becker and centre back Virgil van Dijk have also been nominated for the team. This is likely due to the exemplary performances each player displayed during their Premier League title-winning campaign from 2024 to 2025. The FIFPRO Men’s World 11 is an award given to players every year, so recent matches are bound to affect the outcome.

Fans and members of the public do not get to vote on this award; instead, it is up to more than 26,000 professional footballers from across the globe to vote for whoever they think has performed the strongest. This makes the award a great honour for the footballers chosen, as it shows they have respect and admiration from other players in the field.

Twenty-six finalists have already been announced, and this is to soon be whittled down to eleven, which will be the final number for the team. The announcement is expected to be given on the third of November 2025 at 2 pm (GMT)

The twenty-six finalists are as follows:

Goalkeepers: Alisson, Courtois, Donnarumma.

Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Cubarsi, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Mendes, Saliba, Van Dijk.

Midfielders: Bellingham, De Bruyne, Modric, Neves, Palmer, Pedri, Valverde, Vitinha.

Forwards: Dembele, Haaland, Mbappe, Messi, Raphinha, Ronaldo, Salah, Yamal.