Greatest LIVING footballers

[Norman_Conquest]

It is all conjecture and based on

Ha, well yeah I am a bit! You’ve not used any emojis or anything! How am I meant to know you’re not having a massive go at me?

i think you need to check for emoji’s again mate. Have good one and all the best.

 

[atypical_boro]

It is all conjecture and based on

i think you need to check for emoji’s again mate. Have good one and all the best.

You too

 

[festa5]

I have to say I don’t think Adriano is anywhere near the top 10 living footballers mate…..

Well I did say he didn't make it and did caveat it by saying I was only really counting his two best seasons (before it started to go pear shaped).

His was unreal for a couple of years though. Definitely in the top ten players in the world and easily as good as some of the other names I've mentioned (albeit, as I say, only for a very short period of time).

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

This is fun and hard. How about, picking the consensus best couple from each decade from those who are still with us and filling the gaps?

60s:
Charlton

70s:
Beckenbauer

80s:
Gullit
Platini

90s, massively hard but going for:
Ronaldo
Zidane
Got to put Maldini or Baresi in somewhere too

00s:
Messi
I’m having Henry

10s:
Ronaldo CR7
Xavi sort of inbetween the decades
Tommy Smith

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

Keeper.... Buffon
Right Back... Cafu
Left back...Paolo Maldini,
Centre back... Franz Beckenbauer
Centre back....Franco Baresi
Midfielder.... Andrea Pirlo
Midfielder ...Michel Platini
Midfielder ...Zinedine Zidane
Midfielder ....Xavi
Forward....Messi
Forward.... Romario

Can’t believe I’m doing this but I’m dropping the genius that is Pirlo for Gullit in the middle, Ronaldo Nazaria starts over Romario for sure and Cristiano’s going in mine…

GK: Buffon
RB: Cafu
CB: Beckenbauer
CB: Baresi
LB: Maldini
MF: Gullit
MF: Zidane
MF: Xavi
10: Messi
ST: Cristiano Ronaldo
ST: Ronaldo 9