Paul Pogba is the only Serie A player in UEFA’s Team of the Year.Paul Pogba is the only Serie A player in UEFA’s Team of the Year.

Players from European champions Barcelona made up nearly half of UEFA’s Team of the Year which was revealed yesterday, while Cristiano Ronaldo made the line-up for a record 10th time.

Eight players from La Liga were included in the final XI, voted for by 7.2 million UEFA.com users from a 40-strong shortlist.

Lionel Messi, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta and Neymar were the Barcelona players included, while Real Madrid provided Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and James Rodriguez.

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich had international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and David Alaba while the only player to make the cut from Italy’s Serie A was Juve’s Paul Pogba, one of three players selected for the first time along with Neymar and Rodriguez.

England’s Premier League was not represented, despite its enormous financial clout and stellar names such as Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and striker Diego Costa.

Full team

Goalkeeper: Neuer.
Defenders: Alaba, Ramos, Alves, Pique.
Midfielders: Iniesta, Pogba, Rodriguez.
Forwards: Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo.

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