Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named 2021 Best Fifa Men’s Player of the Year, while Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo landed the special award.

Lewandowski, 33, claimed the prize for the second consecutive year after scoring 69 goals.

He won ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Paris St-Germain’s Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo was lauded for being the men’s international all-time top scorer.

Lewandowski broke the late Gerd Muller’s 49-year record for scoring the most Bundesliga goals in a calendar year with 43 in 34 league appearances.

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel won the award for the Best Fifa men’s coach for guiding Chelsea to their second Champions League title after only joining the club in January.

Former Tottenham winger Erik Lamela – sold to Sevilla in the summer – won the Fifa Puskas award, which recognises the best goal in world football during the year, after his ‘rabona’ inish in the north London derby against Arsenal last March.

Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy won the award for the Best Fifa men’s goalkeeper after a successful first season with the club, including a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Manchester City in the Champions League final.

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Brentford have spoken to Christian Eriksen about the possibility of signing the Denmark midfielder.

Eriksen had his contract cancelled by Inter Milan last month after being told he could not play in Serie A after being fitted with an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) – a type of pacemaker.

No such regulation exists in the Premier League and it is understood a number of clubs are keen to sign him.

However, there is no agreement yet.

Brentford would hope to have an advantage through their manager – and fellow Dane – Thomas Frank.

The Bees are currently 14th in the Premier League in what is their first top-flight campaign since 1946-47.

Eriksen had the pacemaker fitted following his cardiac arrest during Denmark’s match against Finland at Euro 2020 last June.

He won the Italian title with Inter Milan last season but was no longer able to represent the club as players fitted with an (ICD) cannot compete in Serie A.

Inter Milan and Eriksen agreed to cancel his contract in December and the player has since started training alone in Denmark.

The 29-year-old is keen to resume his playing career and says it is his “dream” to play for Denmark at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas won the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year award on Monday evening, but failed to make ‘The Best’ Women’s XI of the year.

The 2021 Balon d’Or winner is the first Spanish player in history to win the The Best Player at FIFA’s World Player of the Year awards for either men’s or women’s football.

Despite beating off the challenge of Chelsea’s Sam Kerr and teammate Jennifer Hermoso to win, Putellas was omitted from the finalised Women’s XI of the year.

The Barcelona forward added the prestigious award to her collection, following her Balon d’Or success in November of last year.

The 27-year-old captained her side to treble success, winning the Women’s Champions League, Spanish league and Copa de la Reina last season.

On an individual note, Putellas ended her season as the highest-scoring midfielder in Europe with 26 goals in all competitions, leading her to win the UEFA Women’s Champions League Midfielder of the Season award.

Despite her unrivalled success, and the fact she won ‘The Best’ Women’s Player, the Spaniard was not selected for the final Women’s XI of the year.

Astonishingly, none of the three finalists for ‘The Best’ award made the final team, with Barcelona teammate Jennifer Hermoso and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr also being omitted from the XI.

The decision is met with a lot of confusion, with a similar thing happening to Mohamed Salah in the men’s category.

The Egyptian was a finality for the award however, still missed out on a spot in the Men’s XI, despite FIFA making the team with four attacking positions.

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