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Mason Greenwood and Bukayo Saka have seen their performances in 2021 recognised by being named in the Under-20 World Team of the Year.
Determined by The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), Greenwood and Saka are the only Premier League stars to make the select XI.
The award is in its second instalment after it was introduced in 2020 and players gain positions based on statistical data across a range of categories chosen by IFFHS.
Mason Greenwood (left) has been named in the latest Under-20 World Team of the Year
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (left) and Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham (right) also got chosen
IFFS, founded in 1984 in Leipzig, Germany, has a system which gives 20 points to first place in any category, 19 points to second and so on and so forth.
The 11 players in the U20 World Team of the Year have all excelled across the last 12 months.
Only two players from the inaugural 2020 team have retained their places with Real Madrid's Eduardo Camavinga, then of Rennes, and his now Madrid team-mate Rodrygo getting in for a second time.
As well as Greenwood, 20, and Saka, 20, there is another player of English interest, as Borussia Dortmund starlet Jude Bellingham earned a spot in a four-man
