The best midfielder is sure to be from Real with their trio of Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric the only names shortlisted for the position. Real full-back Marcelo and centre-back Sergio Ramos have been named in the best defender category alongside Juventus's Leonardo Bonucci, who has since moved to AC Milan.How the players were shortlisted ???#UCL https://t.co/iPDCAOrQgE
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 4, 2017
Goalkeeper is the only category where Real do not have a single contender, with Juventus stopper Gianluigi Buffon, Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer and Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak in contention. The winners will be announced at the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage draw on August 24 along with the Men's and Women's Player of the Year honours, the nominees for which will be announced on August 15.??? #RMUCL
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) August 4, 2017
Find out which six madridistas have been nominated for the Champions League positional awards 16/17! ?https://t.co/yh84STz5La
The nominees were selected by a jury of 32 coaches from last year's Champions League participants and 55 journalists chosen by the European Sports Media (ESM) group. UEFA will announce the Europa League Player of the Season award on August 25 with all three nominees - striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and midfielders Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba - chosen from last year's winning Manchester United team.?Check out who made it on the shortlist of the UEFA Champions League positional awards! Who do you want to win? ?https://t.co/h9JC3snjcH
— UEFA (@UEFA) August 4, 2017
Paulo Dybala strijdt met Cristiano Ronaldo en Lionel Messi om de titel aanvaller van het toernooi. https://t.co/5t4XWnHxUE
— VI (@VI_nl) August 4, 2017