just really no great defenders, 10/15 years ago you had Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Thuram, Maldini, Nesta, Lizarazu, Sagnol, Desailly, Stam, Cannavaro, Hierro, Salgado, Puyol, Lucio, Couto, Samuel, Ayala, Zanetti etc. etc. Playing out from the back has been at the expense of defenders who can defend. Just think football was better back then. Maybe less stylish but just more interesting. Pep's Barca revolutionised the game but also ruined it imo, because everyone else went the polar opposite direction and now you can't win anything unless you play turgid, boring shite.
Think officially in world football nobody plays properly good football on a consistent basis, from keeper to striker, nobody does it.