The 23 candidates:

Gareth Bale (Wales) - Real Madrid
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) - PSG
Radamel Falcao (Colombia) - Monaco
Eden Hazard (Belgium) - Chelsea
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) - PSG
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) - Barcelona
Philipp Lahm (Germany) - Bayern München
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) - Borussia Dortmund
Lionel Messi (Argentina) - Barcelona
Thomas Müller (Germany) - Bayern München
Manuel Neuer (Germany) - Bayern München
Neymar (Brazil) - Barcelona
Mesut Özil (Germany) - Arsenal
Andrea Pirlo (Italy) - Juventus
Franck Ribéry (France) - Bayern München
Arjen Robben (Netherlands) - Bayern München
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - Real Madrid
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) - Bayern München
Luis Suárez (Uruguay) - Liverpool
Thiago Silva (Brazil) - PSG
Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire) - Manchester City
Robin van Persie (Netherlands) - Manchester United
Xavi (Spain) - Barcelona

^ Well, that always happens!

In that case, we may as well give one to Maldini, Buffon, Kahn, Schmiel, Pirlo, Xavi, Adams and all those other players!