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Sky Sports Pick Their Top 25 Footballers Of 2017

Sky Sports Pick Their Top 25 Footballers Of 2017

Who will the number one?

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Who doesn't love a list? Whether it's trying to work out what you've got to do, before not actually doing it, what to buy, before buying only chocolate and crisps, or deciding who the best 100 players of the year are.

To be honest we all enjoy a list and that's why a listicle article usually tickles our fancy, be it 10 reasons why Harry Kane is world class or 10 things you should do on Boxing Day.

That's right we usually like a list of about 10-20 things, on occasion we'll go as high as 50 but anymore than that is just taking things too far, right?

Well Sky Sports decided to name their top 100 players of the year but that seems like a lot to go through so instead we'll just give you the top 25.

And here they are:

25. Florian Thauvin- Marseille.

24. Mohamed Salah- Roma/Liverpool.

Salah
Salah

Salah has been sensational this season. Image: PA Images.

23. Antoine Griezmann- Atletico Madrid.

22. Casemiro- Real Madrid.

21. Nabil Fekir- Lyon.

20. Alexis Sanchez- Arsenal.

19. David Silva- Manchester City.

18. Dele Alli- Tottenham Hotspurs.

17. Isco- Real Madrid.

The Spaniard replaced Gareth Bale in Real's starting line up last season. Image: PA Images.

16. Eden Hazard- Chelsea.

15. Kylian Mbappe- Monaco/PSG.

14. Paulo Dybala- Juventus.

13. Edinson Cavani- PSG.

12. Lorenzo Insigne- Napoli.

11. Edin Dzeko- Roma.

10. Robert Lewandowski- Bayern Munich.

Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski wasn't the Bundesliga top scorer last season. Image: PA Images.

9. Saul Niguez- Atletico Madrid.

8. Kevin de Bruyne- Manchester City.

7. Romelu Lukaku- Everton/Manchester United.

6. Dries Mertens- Napoli.

5. Christian Eriksen- Tottenham Hotspurs.

Christian Eriksen
Christian Eriksen

The Spurs man has been brilliant for a while. Image: PA Images.

4. Cristiano Ronaldo- Real Madrid.

3. Neymar- Barcelona/PSG.

2. Harry Kane- Tottenham Hotspurs.

1. Lionel Messi- Barcelona.

The rankins are based on Sky's own power rankings and Harry Kane's goals, more than anyone else in Europe for both Spurs and England, puts him in second ahead of Neymar.

Lionel Messi's year was impressive and puts him in first. Cristiano Ronaldo might have won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA's The Best award but only makes it to fourth.

You can see the whole list on Sky Sports.

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Topics: Football, Lionel Messi, Sky Sports, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane