Luis Enrique, between the technical candidates to 'The Best'

The FIFA announced this Thursday the 12 candidates to the prize The Best to the Best Trainer of masculine football. Between the finalists there is the extécnico Barcelona Luis Enrique, that repeats candidature in the second edition of the award (Claudio Ranieri, the man that converted the Leicester in a surprising champion of the Premier, carried the first).

In addition to the Asturian, the FIFA has selected two trainers that exerted in the Spanish league the past season: Zinedine Zidane and Diego Simeone.

Between the 9 remaining candidates to the prize, there is two seleccionadores, Joachim Löw (Germany) and Tite (Brazil), and 7 technicians that participate in European competitions, Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), Carlo Ancelotti (Bayern), Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Leonardo Jardim (Monaco), José Mourinho (Manchester United) and Mauritius Pochettino (Tottenham).

It stands out, then , the big absence of Pep Guardiola, fruit of a bad season with the City in which it did not fulfil expectations neither in the domestic competition neither in Europe. We will see how it goes him this year after the investment made.

Three Barcelona in 'players'

Andrés Iniesta, Leo Messi and Luis Suárez also were selected to form part of the list of 24 footballers that will aspire to the FIFA The Best in the present edition of the prize, that conquered the past year Cristiano Ronaldo by in front of Leo Messi. Neymar Jr Also is with reason of his successes and exhibitions in the rows of the FC Barcelona the past season 2016-17.

The ceremony of the The Best FIFA Football Awards will take place next Monday 23 October, when it will do delivery of the awards to all the winners