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Team of the Year nominees: 7 Man City, 6 Chelsea and Newcastle's new signing

talksport.com, 11 January 2022, 17:16
Premier League players have dominated the nominees for the EA Sports FIFA 22 Team of the Year as football's biggest names vie for a place in the final XI.

80 of the best stars across Europe from Mohamed Salah to Cristiano Ronaldo are up for a spot following their performances over the past 12 months.

Fans will now vote to decide which players deserve to be rewarded with Lionel Messi hoping to return after missing out on the Ultimate XI in FIFA 21.

Yet who is else is in the running, how can you vote and when will the announcement be made? talkSPORT.com has all you need to know…

FIFA 22 Team of the Year: Release date

While the promo's release date is yet to be confirmed, fans can expect the first drop to occur once the Headliners event is finished.

That would see the first batch of attackers announced on Friday, January 21, with midfielders and then defenders confirmed in the following days.

Voting for the team kicked off on Monday, January 10 and TOTY concludes on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. You can vote for the Ultimate XI here.

FIFA 22 Team of the Year: Attackers

Karim Benzema

Federico Chiesa

Cristiano Ronaldo

Jonathan David

Gerard Moreno

Jack Grealish

Erling Haaland

Ciro Immobile

Lorenzo Insigne

Harry Kane

Robert Lewandowski

Romelu Lukaku

Lautaro Martinez

Kylian Mbappe

Lionel Messi

Neymar Jr.

Mikel Oyarzabal

Dimitri Payet

Mohamed Salah

Luis Suarez

Dusan Tadic

Dusan Vlahovic

FIFA 22 Team of the Year: Midfielders

Nicolo Barella

Jude Bellingham

Bruno Fernandes

Casemiro

Dani Olmo

Key De Bruyne

Luis Díaz

Fabinho

Nabil Fekir

Phil Foden

Leon Goretzka

Jorginho

N'Golo Kante

Joshua Kimmich

Filip Kostic

Manuel Locatelli

Lucas Paqueta

Marcos Llorente

Luka Modric

Mason Mount

Thomas Muller

Pedri

Declan Rice

Son Heung-min

Marco Verratti

Florian Wirtz

FIFA 22 Team of the Year: Defenders

David Alaba

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Cesar Azpilicueta

Leonardo Bonucci

Giorgio Chiellini

Alphonso Davies

Christian Gunter

Achraf Hakimi

Theo Hernandez

Mats Hummels

Jesus Navas

Joao Cancelo

Jordi Alba

Simon Kjær

Jules Kounde

Marquinhos

Reinildo Mandava

Sergio Romero

Ruben Dias

Antonio Rudiger

Luke Shaw

Milan Skriniar

Leonardo Spinazzola

Kieran Trippier

Kyle Walker

FIFA 22 Team of the Year: Goalkeepers

Thibaut Courtois

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Mike Maignan

Emiliano Martinez

Edouard Mendy

Jan Oblak

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