Real Madrid and Barcelona continue their dominance of La liga  with 5 and 6 players from both teams respectively.

The list includes; 2014 winner Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale  the only British player on the list for the third successive year, Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos,James Rodriguez for Madrid while Barcelona has  Lionel Messi,Neymar, Luis Suarez, Andres Iniesta,Javier Mascherano and Ivan Rakitic.

The premier League is dominated by Manchester City players with a trio of Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and Yaya Toure.

Chelsea is represented by winger Eden Hazard and Arsenal by Alexis Sanchez who helped his country Chile to Copa America success in 2015.

The Bundesliga has players  all from Bayern Munich which shows how they are a force in Germany Football. The list has Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben and Arturo Vidal, while Paul Pogba of Juventus from Seria A and Paris St Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic from the French Ligue 1 complete the list.

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho are both on a 10-man shortlist for the coach of the year award, alongside Barcelona’s Champions League-winning coach Luis Enrique and Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola.

Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli is the only national team coach on the list, which also includes Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri, Sevilla’s Unai Emery, Laurent Blanc of PSG, Atletico Madridchief Diego Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti, who left Real Madrid in the summer.

England women’s coach Mark Sampson is on the coach of the year for women’s football shortlist, alongside Englishmen Colin Bell (Frankfurt) and John Herdman (Canada), but there are no British footballers on the women’s player of the year list.

FIFA #BALLONDOR 23 candidates, one trophy. Who do you think will be crowned on 11 January? https://t.co/VNSyEfqCqo pic.twitter.com/W0qlYk2FIk

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) October 20, 2015

BALLON D’OR SHORTLIST: Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain), Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich), Javier Mascherano (Argentina/Barcelona), Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona), Paul Pogba (France/Juventus), Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/Barcelona), Arjen Robben (Holland/Bayern Munich), James Rodriguez (Colombia/Real Madrid), Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City), Arturo Vidal (Chile/Bayern Munich).

FIFA #BALLONDOR 10 coaches, but only one FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football https://t.co/VNSyEfqCqo pic.twitter.com/blidRGrqtz — FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) October 20, 2015

COACH OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST: Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), Carlo Ancelotti (Formerly of Real Madrid), Laurent Blanc (Paris St Germain), Unai Emery (Sevilla), Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Jorge Sampaoli (Chile), Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

The world player and coach of the year will be voted on a ceremony in Zurich on January 11, 2016.

Read more on fifa.com

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Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger to train with Man United teammates for first time today

The pair will link up with their new colleagues before boarding a plane at Manchester Airport and jetting off for the club’s pre-season tour of the US

Manchester United have a light stretching session this morning before flying to Seattle to begin their two-and-a-half week pre-season tour.

New signings Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin are expected to take part in the session and join their new United team-mates on the 2.30pm flight from Manchester-mirror

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is set to complete a move to Manchester United

It proved to be a hectic Sunday for the Old Trafford club with Bastian Schweinsteiger flying into Manchester for a medical and striker Robin van Persie heading the other way, arriving in Istanbul ahead of his proposed transfer to Fenerbahce-sky sports

Manchester United identify Edinson Cavani as Robin van Persie replacement

Edinson Cavani is Louis van Gaal’s No1 choice to fill the vacancy left by Robin van Persie who will complete his move from Manchester United to Fenerbahce on Monday. Any prospective deal for Paris Saint-Germain’s Cavani may involveÁngel Di María going the other way as the French club want the Argentinian and Van Gaal is considering allowing him to go-guardian

Louis van Gaal makes £67m call in Man Utd’s chase for major Arsenal target Gonzalo Higuain

MANCHESTER UNITED have dropped their interest in Gonzalo Higuain after baulking at Napoli’s asking price.

Louis van Gaal is on the lookout for a new striker but Higuain’s £67m release clause is deemed too expensive, according to The Sun on Sunday–Daily star

Angel di Maria on PSG wishlist, confirms Laurent Blanc

Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc has confirmed the club are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Angel di Maria.

Angel di Maria of Manchester United on PSG wishlist

The Ligue 1 club were in the race to sign the Argentine last summer but lost out to United, who offered a club record £59.7million to prise him away from Real Madrid-standard

Saints find Morgan replacement

Ronald Koeman is moving quickly to take Feyenoord midfielder Jordy Clasie to Southampton as Morgan Schneiderlin is set to depart. – Clubcall

Raheem Sterling lands £10m-a-year pay deal with Manchester City slickers

Sterling, 20, will move to City for £49m on a £200,000-a-week contract, earning him a £10.4m yearly salary.

The player is due to sign a five-year contract that will push up City’s overall outlay to more than £100m.

The extraordinary deal – a record between two Premier League clubs for an English footballer – was struck between Liverpool and City after a day of negotiations yesterday-independent

De Laurentiis: ‘I wish’ I could sell Higuain

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is desperate to sell Gonzalo Higuain and has said “I wish” another club would buy the striker.

Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain is being linked with move to England

The 27-year-old Argentina frontman has a 90million euros (£64million) release clause in his Napoli contract though and De Laurentiis will not allow him to leave for anything less-football365

Morgan Schneiderlin completes Manchester United medical ahead of £24million move

The French international will take United’s summer spending to close to £80million when he signs a four-year deal at Old Trafford

Morgan Schneiderlin completed a medical at Manchester United on Sunday night ahead of a £24million move from Southampton.-mirror

Arsenal striker agrees deal to join Champions League club

ARSENAL striker Yaya Sanogo has agreed to join Ajax on a year-long loan deal.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a fan of France Under-21 international Sanogo and wants him to get Champions League game time at the Dutch club- telegraph

Arsenal and Chelsea target Mattia Destro’s agent in London to push through transfer

WEST HAM’S stunning transfer for Mattia Destro is nearing completion with the player’s agent in London to finalise the deal.

The player spent the second half of last season on-loan at AC Milan but now looks set to leave Italy all together-Daily star

Denis Cheryshev of Real Madrid could replace Raheem Sterling’

The People reports that Liverpool have made a bid of £22m for  Cheryshev, who is entirely Russian, and plays predominantly on the left wing.

Mario Balotelli is being dangled in front of Fiorentina on season-long loan with Liverpool taking Mario Gomez in exchange-telegraph

Raheem Sterling’s record Manchester City move will leave QPR £9million richer

Raheem Sterling’s imminent record-breaking £49million transfer to Manchester City will provide a very timely boost for recently-relegated Queens Park Rangers.

Liverpool have accepted an initial bid of £45m from their Premier League rivals, with a further £4m in add-ons, and QPR are set to pocket £9m from the deal.

Raheem Sterling has agreed to join Manchester City in a record-breaking £49million transfer.

The Reds signed Sterling as a 15-year-old from the west London club for an initial fee of £400,000 in 2010, but there was also a 20 per cent sell-on clause inserted into the deal set up by Frank McParland – who is currently Director of Football at Burnley-Daily mail

Marseille reject Newcastle bid for attacking midfielder

Marseille have rejected a bid from Newcastle for Florian Thauvin.
The attacking midfielder was expected to be on the move this summer as Marseille try to balance their books.

Clubs in Germany have made enquires but Newcastle are reportedly the frontrunners after positive scout reports-talksport

Spurs preparing double swoop for Everton midfield duo

Tottenham want both James McCarthy and Kevin Mirallas at White Hart Lane

Chelsea confirm £8m signing of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Chelsea have completed the £8m purchase of Asmir Begovic from Stoke City with the Bosnia international replacing Petr Cech as Thibaut Courtois’ understudy at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have comfirmed the signing of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Begovic, capped 41 times, has signed a four-year contract with the Premier League champions and will travel with the first-team to Montreal on Wednesday as José Mourinho’s squad begin their preparations for the defence of their trophy-guardian

Arsenal days away from Faouzi Ghoulam deal?

Arsenal are reportedly just a few days away from sealing the transfer of Napoli defender Faouzi Ghoulam.

The Algerian full-back featured in the Europea League team of the season last campaign and it is thought thatArsene Wenger has been in talks with the player’s representatives over the past week-sportsmole

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The FA CUP

Holders Arsenal won the FA Cup for a record 12th time on Saturday 30^th may, outclassing Aston Villa 4-0 at Wembley with stunning goals from Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez setting up victory.

Theo walcott-celebrates after scoring Arsenal’s first goal against Aston Villa

Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud were also on target as the Londoners sealed their biggest winning margin in a final of the world’s oldest knockout competition.

Arsene Wenger also became the most successful FA Cup manager of modern times, guiding his side to a sixth triumph in their 19th final.

The Coupe de France.

The only team from outside the top divisions, Auxerre, came up against Qatar-backed Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de France final.

The Ligue 2 side defended for their life and had some good attacks; though they were not good enough as they were eventually beaten  1-0 by PSG.

PSG celebrate winning the Coupe de France

Auxerre had not played any big side and it was a tough call to beat up the Ligue 1 champions in the final.

Paris Saint-Germain has been dominant in French football; particularly since Qatar Sports Investments bought the club in 2011going on to lift three Ligue 1 Titles to date.

Laurent Blanc’s side were not exactly  dominant against Auxerre having had a poor start in the first half but went to win thanks to Edinson Cavani’s second half goal.

DFB-Pokal Final sends Kloop out with a loss.

The German Cup final in Berlin saw two of the best attacking sides in Bundesliga coming up against each other.

Wolfsburg who finished in second-place in the Bundesliga played against Borussia Dortmund who were in seventh place.

With Jurgen Klopp’s last match in charge, Borussia Dortmund was expected to win the cup for their manager against Wolfsburg.

The BVB team had a perfectly start after they took the lead over Wolfsburg in the first five minutes through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Wolfsburg however had other ideas as it took them only 17 minutes to equalize,then score two more goals going into halftime to give the DFB-Pokal final its 3–1 full-time score.

Wolfsburg celebrate winning DFB-Pokal Final

Dortmund experienced the same showings which have been ever present in their Bundesliga games of not killing off games.

They failed to contain Kevin De Bruyne and Bas Dost handing Wolfsburg the trophy and a sore sending off of their manager Jorgen Klopp.

Dortmund had hoped for a positive ending for Klopp, the manager that has brought much success and improved style of play, but things did not go as planned. Klopp earlier stated that this was his last season with Dortmund and that the time was right for him to leave.

Dieter Hecking’s Wolfsburg deserved the win with his side being one of the best attacking sides in Europe.

It’s the only trophy he has won as a manager since taking the Regionalliga Nord (German fourth tier) in 2002 with VfB Lübeck, it’s Wolfsburg’s first DFB-Pokal triumph and it’s the first time since 2011 a team other than Dortmund and Bayern Munich has won a domestic trophy.

Barcelona’s Treble chase still on in Luis Enrique’s first season

Barcelona outgunned Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final 3–1 in a battle of the Catalans against the Basques. Lionel Messi produced one of the individualistic goals this season and a good team goal capped by Neymar tap-in put Barça chances of a treble to just one game away from the treble in Luis Enrique’s debut season.

Barça played their full strength team and got a well-deserved 2-0 lead in halftime against a highly motivated Bilbao side.

Barcelona celebrate beating Athletic Bilbao 3-1 in the Copa del Rey final

The second half saw Barcelona containing the game but Bilbao tried to play their way back

Messi ensured Barcelona got a win after he scored a third goal and Bilbao could just master a consolation goal from Inaki Williams.

With the attacking trio of Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez all fit for the Champions League final against Juventus on 6th June in Berlin,we wait to see who which team will take the trophy.

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