Day 59 / Ricky O Ricky

This was mentioned before, but Kaka has been shortlisted for the FIFPro World XI Player Awards which will take place in London on Monday.
And this is the "Shortlist", which isn't all that short really!

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Germany/ Bayern Munich), David Beckham (England/ Real Madrid), Joe Cole (England/ Chelsea), Deco (Portugal/ Barcelona), Luis Figo (Portugal/ Inter Milan), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy/ AC Milan), Steven Gerrard (England/ Liverpool), Kaka (Brazil/ AC Milan), Frank Lampard (England/ Chelsea), Claude Makelele (France/ Chelsea), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/ Juventus), Andrea Pirlo (Italy/ AC Milan), Arjen Robben (Holland/ Chelsea), Ronaldinho (Brazil/ Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/ Man Utd), Paul Scholes(England/ Man Utd), Mark van Bommel (Holland/ Barcelona), Patrick Vieira (France/ Juventus), Xavi (Spain/ Barcelona), Zinedine Zidane (France/ Real Madrid).

For the complete list, go here and scroll down.

Also, there is a good article about Brazil's quest for the World Cup next year, in which Parreira has the "sweet dilemma" of choosing who to bench - Ronaldinho Gaucho, Ronaldo, Kaka, Adriano or Robinho. And yes, we all know what a mistake he'd be making by benching Ricky. Here is the article

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Oh yes.