I have seen so many silly top 10s on the Internet regarding this topic, including one made with AI, and some of them are absolutely ridiculous, putting even PSG or City over teams like Milan and Inter for example.
There are nine clubs that are sacred for the sport and should not ever be left out of any historic top 10, regardless of the order in which you put them and those are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, AC Milan, Manchester United, Juventus, Inter Milan and Ajax. And no other team in Europe(and frankly, the world), is bigger than any of them.
After those 9, put whatever club you want, put a Portuguese one, or Arsenal, or Chelsea, or whatever. But those 9 are non negotiable and leaving them out honestly makes any top 10 look either ignorant or made by a really young person.
Edit: And I mean big as in overall trophies, status, prestige, players, ballon d ors, history, fans, etc. Not just followers on social media and revenue.
I know bro was putting them clubs in his own order from best to worst even though he said “regardless of the order” 💀🙏🏽
No lies detected
Accrington Stanley need to be added.
Are you sure those lists that include PSG and Man City are supposed to be “the historic top 10”?
Benfica maybe
Substantially most top 10 (if not every single one of them), have these 9 in a different order. I do not see the problem in regular top 10s that the OP is so reactive to.
This is the internet so I disagree even though you’re right!
On a more serious note, I believe Benfica should be the 10th team on the list.
Benfica, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, AC Milan, Manchester United, Juventus, Inter Milan and Ajax.
And no other team in Europe(and frankly, the world)
Might be the stupidest thing I’ve read on this website.
I only disagree when you say “and frankly in the world”. If you are gonna put global football in this, South America must be in the talk, with the likes of Boca Juniors, Flamengo and 3x world club champion São Paulo (beating Barcelona, Milan and Liverpool on your list).
Boca is bigger than United. 2 World Cups and 6 Libertadores
Man Utd has no business being there …
Why man united?
Glasgow celtic
For the most part I agree. I am wondering how everyone else is deciding who’d make the list, it seems purely on champions league/European cup wins. If that’s the case this is the top 9 of a 22 team list. Also considering, relatively recent, charges of match fixing et al, do these go against the clubs’ ranking at all or is their history big enough to negate it