Ronaldo, De Bruyne Snubbed As Only 1 Chelsea Star Makes Stunning List of Premier League Team of the Year

• Mohamed Salah and teammate at Liverpool Jota are in the Premier League team of the year as Cristiano Ronaldo was snubbed
• Manchester City's duo of Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling were also not included in the Premier League XI
• Pep Guardiola and his wards at the Etihad stadium are currently topping the Premier League table after 18 games

Cristiano Ronaldo has been snubbed in the Premier League team of the year 2021 despite his recent superb performances since returning to Manchester United this season.

But his omission from the list is expected to be understandable by Manchester United fans considering the fact that some other players started the year 2021 in the Premier League.

According to the report on UK Sun and Sportskeeda, Chelsea who are the reigning European champions have only one player in the Premier League team of the year and he is goalkeeper Mendy.

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There is no doubt about the fact that goalkeeper Mendy has been superb since he moved to the Premier League helping Chelsea to win the Champions League title this year.

Did Mohamed Salah of Liverpool make the list?

Mohamed Salah is definitely the man of the moment in the Premier League considering his superb performances so far for Liverpool and he is among the team XI of the year.

The Egypt international will in January be traveling to Cameroon for the 2021 African Cup of Nations.

Below is the Premier League team of the year

Edouard Mendy

Cancelo

Laporte

Dias

Alexander-Arnold

Rodri

Jordan Henderson

Mohamed Salah

Silva

Sadio Mane

Diogo Jota

Messi, Ronaldo, Salah, Lewandowski named in world's best XI based on 2021 Ballon d'Or votes

Earlier, Sportsbrief had reported how Argentine legend Lionel Messi scooped his seventh Ballon d’Or title in an award ceremony on Monday night, November 29, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho.

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The Barcelona legend was crowned the best footballer in the world by French Football who are organisers of the awards.

It was a moment that the 34-year-old consolidated on his GOAT status as he was also named in the world’s best starting eleven, courtesy of the Ballon d’Or votes.