UEFA Champions League Team Of The Group Stage Revealed

UEFA have announced the Champions League Team of Group Stage, but superstar duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were snubbed.

Click through the gallery above to see UEFA's Champions League Team of the Group Stage.

The group stages came to a conclusion last week and there were a number of standout individuals who played a key role for the teams.

Ivory Coast international Sebastien Haller finished as top scorer in the group stages with 10 goals for AFC Ajax and is included in the Team of the Group Stages for the first time in his career.

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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is only other African player to make the team as his seven goals in six games helped the Premier League side qualify for the round of 16 with a perfect record.

There was no place for Ronaldo who netted six goals in five matches and arguably took Manchester United to the knockout stages singlehandedly.

While Messi was also left out, there was place for his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe who joines Haller and Robert Lewandowski in the attack.

Here are the highest-paid players in the Champions League this season:

10. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – £348 000 a week before tax

9. David de Gea (Manchester United) – £372 000 a week before tax

8. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – £382 000 a week before tax

7. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) – £382 000 a week before tax

6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – £408 000 a week before tax

5. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) – £497 000 a week before tax

4. Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid) – £571 000 a week before tax

3. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) – £594 000 a week before tax

2. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) – £602 000 a week before tax

1. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) – £940 000 a week before tax