UEFA announced on Thursday the 12 nominees for the Champions League position awards, which will crown one goalkeeper, one defender, one midfielder and one forward as the best performers of last season’s European Cup, and three Barcelona players have made the cut.
Marc-André ter Stegen is the first nominee alongside champion Alisson and finalist Hugo Lloris, and it’s hard to see anyone but the Brazilian getting the award here. Which is deserved since Alisson was fantastic for the Reds all season.
There are no Barça defenders in the list, although Gerard Piqué finished fifth behind Matthijs De Ligt and Liverpool trio Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson, who just missed the three-man shortlist.