UEFA RELEASE NAMES OF 40 CANDIDATES FOR SELECTION FOR 2013 TEAM OF THE YEAR

UEFA has announced 40 candidates for selection for  2013 team of the year,with Nigerian born Austrian international,DAVID ALABA alongside BBC African footballer of the year YAYA TOURE making the list of nominees that lack a single super eagles player and an English man.

A full list of the 40 beat players in Europe, according to uefa are as follows:
goalkeepers:cech,courtois, de gea, neur
defenders:alaba,chielini,dante,hummels,ivanovic,lahm,lichtsteiner,filipe luis,kompany,pique,thiago silva,srgio ramos.
midfielders:bale,gundogan,isco,pogba,ozil,matic,matuidi,reus,ribery,schweinsteiger,toure.
strikers:aguero,cavani,costa,falcao,ibrahimovic,lewandowski,mandzukic,martinez,messi,muller,ronaldo,van persie.