Zidane, Guardiola, Mourinho and Conte, among the nominees for FIFA's The Best award

Patrick Power 6 years ago 8.1k
Who will win the award to the best manager of 2017. AFP

FIFA revealed the list of 12 managers nominated to win The Best award, handed to the best football coach of 2017.

Zinedine Zidane, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Diego Simeone, Luis Enrique, among others, have made the list of candidates.

Allegri, Serie A winner with Juventus and Champions League finalist, Conte for lifting the Premier League, Jardim for his outstanding campaign in the Ligue 1 and Tite and Low for their respective work with Brazil and Germany have also made the cut.

The list was put together by several legends of the sport (namely, Cafu, Maradona, Puyol or Van der Sar). The winner will be decided once journalists, captains and national team coaches, as well as supporters, get a chance to vote. Each group will account for 25 per cent of the final result.

The complete list: Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), Carlo Ancelotti (Bayern), Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Diego Simeone (Atlético), Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham), Tite (Brasil), Zinedine Zidane (Madrid), Pep Guardiola (City), Leonardo Jardim (Monaco), Joachim Löw (Alemania) y Jose Mourinho (United).

 

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