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ESPN’s Top 25 Players of the 21st Century
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Mbappe above R9 and Ronaldinho?? Who wrote this drivel?
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Without Merlin, that list isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
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Real Ronaldo should be higher but it does say 21st century, I don't really have any way of separating my memories of him into pre-2000 and post 2000 to fit the criteria for this list so have to assume the better parts of his injured-plagued career were pre-2000. Have the same issue with zidane too but they've put him high.
Modric is a great player but he's way too high, he's not better than Iniesta, xavi or kdb.
Mbappe is also far too high.
No David Silva is criminal, likewise Yaya Toure.
Ibrahimovich has no business whatsoever even making the list, especially when you consider they completely omitted the likes of Suarez, Aguero, Drogba, Eto'o, shevchenko, Villa and even Rooney. He'd barely scrape into the top 25 centre forwards of that period. That's the most glaring error from the list and almost feels like a troll post snuck in to see if anybody would notice.
Modric is a great player but he's way too high, he's not better than Iniesta, xavi or kdb.
Mbappe is also far too high.
No David Silva is criminal, likewise Yaya Toure.
Ibrahimovich has no business whatsoever even making the list, especially when you consider they completely omitted the likes of Suarez, Aguero, Drogba, Eto'o, shevchenko, Villa and even Rooney. He'd barely scrape into the top 25 centre forwards of that period. That's the most glaring error from the list and almost feels like a troll post snuck in to see if anybody would notice.
Rooney was a phenomenal player for many years.To be fair r9's prime was before all before the millennium. I feel ronaldinho and kaka the one's being treated badly here and rooney being overrated at 24th
My understanding is that Giggs played away far too much, hence his family issues.....Wilson never even played in a world cup finals tournament or even a Euros
Did he ever make himself available for a Wales away match?
deegee33
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This !!!No David Silva??!
In the bin
citytill1die84
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ESPN say no more. Absolutely awful rankings lol Modric 5th bwahahaha.
deegee33
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ESPN has questionable credibility in most sports, in European football it has none.ESPN say no more. Absolutely awful rankings lol Modric 5th bwahahaha.
For my money, Modric belongs in the top 15.