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Originally Posted by Ra_Z_Boy
My definition of world class would be any player that would at least contend for a place on a world XI. I think any broader and it's pointless, everyone in the Premier League becomes world class, any narrower and its also pointless, only a small handful of world class players around. So by my definition thinking Pulisic is world class is pretty lol. I don't think USA has ever had a world class player up to this point. USA#1 fans do have a tendency to way overblow how good their team/players are. See Bobbo on altidore for an hilarious example. Starting for Dortmund does not automatically make someone world class. That's insane. Even winning Bundesliga player of the year doesn't...can you imagine if Mkihtaryan was a yank?
I think this definition has some issues.
For example, there isn't one sane person in the world that wouldn't choose Suarez as their striker. This means that guys like Aguero or Lewa aren't real contenders because the spot is already filled.
Just my interpretation of what you wrote. I understand your point, obviously.
Sanches is worth about 2.5 Pogbas at the moment btw. That may or may not be classified as world class. He can not dab thou (yet).