Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante and Real Madrid new boy Eden Hazard have been named been named on the 2019 FIFA FIFPRO World XI shortlist.

The Frenchman has been one of the most consistent footballers in the Premier League since he shot to the limelight with Leicester City.

Hazard also recorded superlative performances in his seven-year stint at Stamford Bridge, garnering laurels for himself and the London club.

The two stars are among the 55-man shorlist, which was for by more than 23,000 professional footballers who all selected the best players in each position in their opinions for the 2018/19 season.

The 11 players who received most votes in their position earn a spot on the World 11 – which FIFPRO and FIFA will reveal on September 23, during the Best Football Awards in the Scala in Milan.

Kante and Hazard both featured heavily for the Blues last season, helping Chelsea end the season with a Europa League victory over Arsenal in Baku.

The best XI is made up of one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards.

The Premier League was the most represented league on the 55-man shortlist and for the first time since 2009, the English top flight passed Spain’s La Liga for clubs with the biggest representation.

Chelsea fans have poured encomiums on their defender Emerson Palmieri over his impressive display for the Azzurri in
the Euro 2020 qualification match against Armenia on Wednesday.

Italy, featuring another Chelsea star Jorginho, won the match 3-1 away from home with Emerson leading the Azzurri onslaught through the left flank and providing an assist.

The left-back did well to get to the byline, and escaping the attentions of his marker, Emerson picked out Andrea Belotti at the back post and the Torino star – once linked with a move to Stamford Bridge – made no mistake.

After the match Emerson admits “this is the best period of my career”, making reference to his performances at Chelsea and Italy.

“I am happy with the assist as it helped the team, but I am above all pleased with an important win,” the left-back told Rai Sport.

“In the first 15 minutes, Armenia were simply better and we have to give them credit, but after that we dominated the game and deserved the victory.

“The pitch was bad, but it cannot be an alibi, as both teams were playing on it. Naturally, if you have more technique, it’s more of a problem…

“I think it is the best period of my career. I’m very happy at Chelsea, just as I was last season with Maurizio Sarri. Obviously, a player is always happier when he plays regularly.”

Chelsea supporters took to the social media, especially Twitter to express their joy over the Emerson’s performance.

N’Golo Kante laughed off a Liverpool fan who attempted to persuade him to join the Merseyside club.

The Chelsea midfielder made a surprise appearance at a wedding on Sunday as he has missed the international break with France due to injury.

And while at the event, the World Cup winner was subjected to multiple proposals from a Liverpool supporter.

During one exchange, the Liverpool fan flashed his ‘This is Anfield’ keyring at Kante and told him: ‘This is where you need to come, this is where you need to come.’

But Kante’s response will delight Chelsea fans as he flashed a big smile at the Liverpool supporter and shook his head, report the Metro.

The father of the bride, Frank Khalid, also revealed that Kante stayed until the end of the wedding and happily posed for photos with other guests.

In fact, The Sun add, it isn’t the first time that Liverpool secret agents have tried to lure the tough tackling Frenchman to Anfield.

Another unannounced visit, this time to a mosque in North London, saw Kante politely tell a fan he would “think about” switching clubs when asked.

The humble midfielder had popped in for evening prayers having missed his train and ended up having a curry and watching Match of the Day with a group of locals.

This appearance at a wedding was slightly less off the cuff as Kante had met the bride’s father, Chelsea fan Frank Khalid, before.

Photo Credit: Twitter/ /FrankKhalidUK

Callum Hudson-Odoi mesmerised Chelsea fans after pulling off some incredible skill as he nears return from injury.

The England forward, 18, has not played since April 22 after suffering an Achilles injury against Burnley.

But after taking part in training with the Under-23s in recent weeks, Hudson-Odoi returned to the first team at Cobham.

And Chelsea fans were treated with a sign of things to come after sharing a video of the winger performing some dazzling skills, report The Sun.

With new Stamford Bridge boss Frank Lampard taking five points from as many Premier League games this season, Blues fans are ready to see the “CHOsen one” return.

One said: “Can’t wait to see him on the pitch again.”

Another said: “This is crazy…. Mad skill.”

One commented: “Please inject this video into my veins.”

Kepa Arrizabalaga emerged as a hero in Spain’s win over Romania when he made a superb save in the last-minute to ensure his country made it five wins from five with a tense victory (1-2) over the hosts in Group F.

He was declared Man of the Match by Football Espana for a great all round display capped with key saves and a fantastic intuitive stop with his legs right at the end to rescue his nation.

Kepa denied Reading striker George Puscas with his legs as 10-man Spain recorded a first win in Romania.

The Chelsea goalkeeper- who has replaced Manchester United’s David de Gea as first choice – made sure Spain took the points when he reacted superbly to stop Puscas’ header from close range.

In a game full of incident and high tension, goals from a penalty by Captain Sergio Ramos after a foul on Dani Ceballos and Paco Alcácer were enough to secure a hard fought victory over hosts Romania in Bucharest.

As Spain dropped their intensity and rhythm, the hosts rallied and responded with a goal by substitute Florin Andone and soon after Spain defender Diego Llorente was sent off as Spain were put on the rack in a game they were relatively comfortable in.

However, Spain showed enough composure and effective game management to take the sting out of the game and see the game out, thanks largely to their Arrizabalaga who produced a fantastic display between the posts.

Spain, adopting a 4-3-3 attacking formation, dominated for the majority of exchanges – creating 20 shot to their opponents 7 with an on the whole upwardly mobile, confident and positive performance.

La Roja showed some nice interplay and all the hallmarks of their identity which has enabled them to secure all 15 points so far in their Group F Euro 2020 group campaign.

Before the match, Spain had never won in Romania but banished that record with collecting the three points. However, Spain did make life hard for themselves not to put the game to bed earlier.

Ramos scored his 12th penalty for Spain and is their top scorer in their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with four goals to his name.

Spain: Kepa, Alba, Ramos, Llorente, Navas, Ñíguez, Busquets, Fabián, Ceballos, Alcácer, Rodrigo.

Substitutes: Oyarzabal (71), Sarabia (76) and Hermoso (84).

Romania: Tatarusanu, Tosca, Grigore, Chiriches, Nedelcearu, Benzar, Stanciu, Marin, Ioan Deac, Puscas, Keseru.

Substitutes: Andone (56), Hagi (63), Maxim (71).

Photo Credit: Twitter @ Selección Española de Fútbol