‘Is this a joke’, ‘What are they on?’ – Loads of Man City fans fume over ‘disgusting’ announcement

A number of Manchester City fans have been left fuming after FIFA announced their 23 nominees for the Men’s FIFPRO World XI.

FIFA announced their 23-man squad of the world’s best players on Tuesday, with Chelsea leading the way in terms of Premier League representation.

The Blues, as well as Barcelona and PSG, have four players in the squad, but there were only two Manchester City players; Ruben Dias and Kevin De Bruyne.

MEN’S WORLD XI SHORTLIST

Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan/Paris Saint-Germain), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)

Defenders: David Alaba (Bayern Munich/Real Madrid), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dani Alves (Sao Paulo/Barcelona), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Jorginho (Chelsea), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)

Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan/Chelsea), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)

The goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards who received the most votes in their position will be selected for the World XI next month, with the final spot assigned to the remaining outfield player with the next highest number of votes.

The World XI will be announced during the Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Zurich on January 17.

The announcement was shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters, with many fuming due to some quite notable omissions from Pep Guardiola’s squad, despite them romping to the Premier League title.

is this a joke https://t.co/t7y0MlYH1m

— sindi ¹⁰ (@kunsologist) December 14, 2021

Surely Walker/Cancelo deserve to be in this https://t.co/XWVn3EJEam

— Wadam🇧🇼  (@FatherRuben3) December 14, 2021

Dani alves over Cancelo 😂😂

— Harry (@mcfc_hf) December 14, 2021

This is a disgusting joke 😭😭😭

— #TxikiOut (@FinallyManfred) December 14, 2021

Trent but no Cancelo ? Alison but no Ederson ? Busquets but no Gundo ? What are they on

— Big Booey (@BabaBooeyMCFC) December 14, 2021

Win the toughest league in the world, carabao, cl final, fa cup semis = only 2 nominations

— Kai Tracey (@Kai_Traceys) December 14, 2021

Ngl how tf is Allison there over Ederson from last season?

— Brad ⚽️🔥 (@FodenFanatic47) December 14, 2021

How the hell is Allison in here over Ederson? Ederson won the golden glove, reached CL finals. Ridiculous https://t.co/NrHYuQPqJ8

— AJ (@AJ_CTID) December 14, 2021