EURO TOP 50 NAMED
Andy Cole, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, Dwight Yorke and former United keeper Schmeichel are all on the list from which the European Footballer of the Year will be chosen.
Beckham is favourite, alongside Barcelona playmeker Rivaldo, to win the award that will be announced on December 21.
Seven other Premiership-based ayers have been included in the list though none are of English nationality.These are Dennis Bergkamp, Marcel Desailly, David Ginola, Kanu, Emmanuel Petit, Gustavo Poyet and Gianfranco Zola.
FRANCE FOOTBALL`S TOP 50 (in alphabetical order): Fabien Barthez Monaco France Mario Basler Bayern Munich Germany Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina Argentina David Beckham Manchester United England Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Holland Oliver Bierhoff AC Milan Germany Laurent Blanc Marseille, Inter France Gianluigi Buffon Parma Italy Andy Cole Manchester United England Hernan Crespo Parma Argentina Edgar Davids Juventus Holland Frank de Boer Ajax, Barcelona Holland Marcel Desailly Chelsea France Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich Germany Giovane Elber Bayern Munich Brazil Luis Figo Barcelona Portugal Ryan Giggs Manchester United Wales David Ginola Tottenham France Josep Guardiola Barcelona Spain Filippo Inzaghi Juventus Italy Mario Jardel Porto Brazil Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal Nigeria Roy Keane Manchester United Ireland Patrick Kluivert Barcelona Holland Claudio Lopez Valencia Argentina Paolo Maldini AC Milan Italy Lothar Matthaeus Bayern Munich Germany Sinisa Mihajlovic Lazio Yugoslavia Fernando Morientes Real Madrid Spain Hidetoshi Nakata Perugia Japan Pavel Nedved Lazio Czech Republic Emmanuel Petit Arsenal France Gustavo Poyet Chelsea Uruguay Raul Real Madrid Spain Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil Ronaldo Inter Milan Brazil Marcelo Salas Lazio Chile Peter Schmeichel Man. Utd, Sporting Denmark Jaap Stam Manchester United Holland Lilian Thuram Parma France Juan Sebastian Veron Parma, Lazio Argentina Andrei Shevchenko Dynamo Kiev, Milan Ukraine Alexander Shovkovski Dinamo Kiev Ukraine Christian Vieri Lazio, Inter Italy Sylvain Wiltord Bordeaux France Dwight Yorke Manchester United Trinidad & Tobago Zlatko Zahovic Porto, Olympiakos Slovenia Zinedine Zidane Juventus France Gianfranco Zola Chelsea Italy
