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Originally Posted by Pummi81
qsg wanted a top5 player.
while madrid do indeed have top shelf quality all over the pitch, they don't really have any top5 players anymore now that ronaldo has declined.
about the power-rankings. let's see:
rm have isco, ronaldo, kroos, modric, benzema, asensio all in top100. maaaaybe kovacic too.
(+ james and morata last season)
-> 6-7 top100 players
barca have the undisputed #1 in the world in messi, but other than him they really only have two other top100 players now - suarez and iniesta. maaaaybe umtiti as well as he really is a beast of a cb.
(+ neymar last season)
-> 3-4 top100 players
buyern might actually be the strongest of them all, on paper at least:
thiago, robben, ribery, james, kimmich, hummels, martinez, lewandowski, alaba, vidal all top100. and neuer i guess but lol keepers.
(+ lahm, alonso, costa last season)
-> 10-11 top100 players
This place never fails to provide the lolz. Ronaldo will get his 2nd Balon D'or running this year, and has reinvented himself as a penalty box assassin, while his great rival struggles to make an impact now that those who cleared the way for him are either gone or over the hill.
No one will agree, but Keylor is number 1 in the world for me. Name any who are better.
Dani Carvajal - the best right back in the world.
Marcelo - the best left back in the world.
Ramos - easily top 5 CBs.
Varane - this is the year we see him become rated as one of the best in the world.
Casemiro - forget the little guy who won the league for Chelsea and Leicester. Casemiro is every bit as good.
Modric - the Xavi Hernandez of his time. Who is better than Luca Modric?
Kroos - easily top 5. for all the stats lovers, find me a midfielder with better stats than Toni.
Isco - quite simply the best number 10 in the world. Who's a better 10 than the bandy legged bearded little beauty?
Asensio - the best young player in Europe right now.
Bale - needs a haircut before we can talk about him.
Ronaldo - proves his haters wrong time and time again. Has a new lease of life and has learned a new position, and will be banging in goals for 5/6/7 more seasons.
Benzema - top 5. Does the dirty work and is underrated by the fans.
Then you look at the 'reserves' - Kovacic/Ceballos/Theo/Vallejo - all top rated young players, with Kovacic obviously a bit ahead of the rest.
pffff, this is the greatest club side in football history.