Twitter Reacts to a Controversial FIFPro World XI Longlist

The nominees for 2015's FIFA World XI have been named, with a number of surprise inclusions and omissions.

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55-man FIFPro World XI shortlist announced—including #MUFC striker Wayne Rooney. No, really... pic.twitter.com/0nHdYbXNGR

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) November 26, 2015"

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Wayne Rooney & Branislav Ivanovic included in the FIFA World XI shortlist... pic.twitter.com/DjnWoBuPHD

— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) November 26, 2015"

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Ivanovic has been nominated for the World XI 😂

— Daniel Marsh (@daniel_marsh99) November 26, 2015"

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Branislav Ivanovic has been nominated for the @FIFPro #WorldXI?! Sorry, what?!

— James Lampard (@Lampard1989) November 26, 2015"

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Casilas in World XI but no Bravo..

— Goal Digger (@FCBGoalDigger) November 26, 2015"

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More Madrid players than Barca players in the Fifa nominees for 2015 world XI but barca won the treble this year. Ok.

— kelsey (@odetomessi) November 26, 2015"

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"Wayne Rooney has been nominated for FifPro World XI" LOL

— Red Devil Chronicle (@wefollowunited) November 26, 2015"

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How Rooney is nominated for the FIFA World XI is mind boggling

— Gregg Christy (@GreggChristy1) November 26, 2015"

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No De @DeBruyneKev? #worldxi

— Robin Lammerant (@RobinLammerant) November 26, 2015"

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FIFA are so biased with these World XI nominations. Hazard and Rooney somehow up but no Ozil :/

— Sama (@BolaBankz) November 26, 2015"

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Remarkable how neither Costa, Fabregas or Matic have been nominated for the FIFA World XI. Were better than some of the players nominated.

— TweetChelseaFC (@TweetChelseaFC) November 26, 2015"

The longlist is decided by the players themselves, with nearly 25,000 taking part in this year's vote.

Real Madrid have the most players nominated (12)—despite not winning a single trophy in 2015—while the Premier League as a whole can only muster 10 representatives.

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Congratulations! These @RealMadridEN players have been nominated for the @FIFAcom @FIFPro #WorldXI: [@Cristiano] pic.twitter.com/2iLmY7jsiN

— FIFPro (@FIFPro) November 26, 2015"

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Congratulations! These @ChelseaFC players have been nominated for the @FIFAcom @FIFPro #WorldXI: pic.twitter.com/FVtNYm9XnD

— FIFPro (@FIFPro) November 26, 2015"

Manchester City lead the way among the English clubs, with four nominees, but that number pales in significance to those of Barcelona (10) and Bayern Munich (11).

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Congratulations! These @MCFC players have been nominated for the @FIFAcom @FIFPro #WorldXI: pic.twitter.com/mN5WoY1VH2

— FIFPro (@FIFPro) November 26, 2015"

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Congratulations! These @FCBarcelona players have been nominated for the @FIFAcom @FIFPro #WorldXI: pic.twitter.com/1o6wmzyFxV

— FIFPro (@FIFPro) November 26, 2015"

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Congratulations! These @FCBayernEN players have been nominated for the @FIFAcom @FIFPro #WorldXI: pic.twitter.com/SeHtrPPYd9

— FIFPro (@FIFPro) November 26, 2015"

Now for the tricky bit: narrowing it down to 11.

[Twitter]