I was watching a Messi and Zidane interview on YouTube. Zidane said the number 10 is not as important as it used to to be. The place and position of the number 10 are gone. He used 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 as an example, which are perhaps the two most used formations in football. Messi then agreed by saying there aren’t many 10 left and the position that shows such player is the leader, the midfielder, and the link player is gone.
It seems like the number is being handed to the superstars and to promote and advertise such players. Ansu Fati had no business wearing 10 for Barcelona. While Mabappe wears 10 for France, Griezmann is actually their 10. Rashford in Man United is not a 10. I could go on.
When Messi and Neymar retires from national team duty, Jude Bellingham seems to be the only young player to fill that void.
What do you guys think?
You are aware this isn’t Rugby right? There are loads of different ACM type players and they’re not exactly the same. Thomas Muller is different to Bernardo Silva for instance. Messi is different to how Lampard played
By Zidane and Messi’s description, Thomas Muller would not be a 10. In Germany, it was Ozil.
This is why it’s a stupid description, you can’t say something is dead and then whenever someone brings up an example say “nah that ain’t it”