Robert Lewandowski could soon follow in the footsteps of Franck Ribéry - if a teammate doesn't interfere with him.
Robert Lewandowski
and
Manuel Neuer
are up for the vote for
Europe's Footballer of the Year
The FCB stars together with
Kevin De Bruyne
(Manchester City) form the final trio of UEFA
The coaches are
Hansi Flick
(FC Bayern),
Julian Nagelsmann
(RB Leipzig *) and
Jürgen Klopp
(FC Liverpool)
Munich / Nyon - After the triumph is before the triumph.
The group stage of the
Champions League will be
drawn
on October 1st, with
FC Bayern *
going into the race as defending champions.
But before the new season in the premier class begins, some
FCB stars
could win more titles - but individual
ones
.
Because at the same time as the CL draw,
Europe’s Footballer of the Year will also be
awarded
in Nyon
- and two triple winners * from
FC Bayern
* have good chances there.
Top scorer
Robert Lewandowski *
and FCB captain
Manuel Neuer are
among the last three.
The trio is completed by ManCity star
Kevin De Bruyne
.
He also knows the Bundesliga very well from his time at Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg.
In the run-up to the UEFA election, the three protagonists received the most votes from the 80 coaches who had participated in the group stages of the Champions and Europa League in the previous CL season, plus those of the 55 journalists selected.
On October 1st it will be announced who can take the trophy home.
Last year
Virgil van Dijk was honored
by the then CL winner
Liverpool FC
ahead of
Lionel Messi
and
Cristiano Ronaldo
.
FC Bayern: Europe's footballer of the year!
Lewandowski before the coronation - or does a teammate slide in between?
Three other FCB players made it into the top 10 in the past season in the premier class:
Thomas Müller
(41 votes),
Thiago
(27) and
Joshua Kimmich
(26).
Incidentally, the coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own team.
Congratulations men!
🥇
🔗 https://t.co/RWgz2AHQoj#MiaSanChampions #packmas
- FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayern) September 23, 2020
For
Lewandowski it
would be the next big individual award.
He was recently voted
Germany's Footballer of the Year
.
In addition, the Pole, who scored an outstanding 55 goals in 47 games in all competitions last season, is also hoping for the world footballer's choice.
In the premier class alone,
Lewy
scored 15 goals in 10 games,
narrowly missing
the record set by
Cristiano Ronaldo
(17).
When
FC Bayern won
the triple for the last time (2013),
Franck Ribéry was
named Europe's Footballer of the Year.
The choice of Europe's best coach * is meanwhile firmly in German hands.
Hansi Flick
(FC Bayern),
Julian Nagelsmann
(RB Leipzig) and
Jürgen Klopp
(FC Liverpool) make up the category among themselves - PSG coach
Thomas Tuchel
made it to fourth place.
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