The Best FIFA Football Awards: 5 players who were unlucky to miss out on the FIFA FIFPro World11

#3 Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

Mane powered Liverpool to the Champions League in 2018-19

Sadio Mane has been in scintillating form since the start of last season and he nearly powered Liverpool to their maiden Premier League triumph in 2018-19. However, his endeavours did yield a trophy last term when the Reds beat Tottenham Hotspur in the final to clinch Europe’s premier club competition.

Throughout the campaign, Mane was one of the most vital cogs of the Liverpool offensive wheel as Jurgen Klopp’s men drove teams into submission, courtesy their relentless attacking verve.

The Senegalese forward racked up 22 goals in the league and added four more in the Champions League.

However, the most impressive aspect of his play was that he popped up whenever push came to shove for Liverpool.

He was on hand to win the penalty in the final and he also sublimely chipped Manuel Neuer in the Round of 16, when the game was tantalisingly placed.

Thus, the forward warranted a place in the World 11 based on his contributions and the timing of them.

Yet, unfortunately, he found himself frozen when the list was announced in Milan on the 23rd of September.