The number 10 in football seems highly significant because plenty of the world’s best ever players have worn it. So i would like to know your top 5 players with the number 10 at the back.

    • monetarypolicies@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      John Barnes is my favourite number 10, but wouldn’t put him in top 5 ever. He’s not far off though, definitely the best ever 10 to have played in the premier league.

  • bagstone@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Everybody listing Messi. Understandable, he’s the best player ever. But is he really a traditional 10? Isn’t he more of a striker? No10 for me embodies more someone who pulls the strings, a bit behind the attackers, central, an attacking supporter if you will. Like Özil in recent times.

  • drupido@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    • Pelé

    • Maradona

    • Messi

    • Platini

    Up for debate on the 5th one, many great choices to pick from. There are players that literally bossed the field and literally carried their teams and whole nations on their shoulders. Zidane is a personal favorite, but don’t know if he’s an all time top 5. Baggio carried Italy just to have the first penalty miss of his whole career and die standing. Messi made people love Barcelona, but Ronaldinho made people love football. Zico should be in the conversation too.

    Small side note… you can clearly see in the comments who started watching football before social media and the internet and who watched football after that. Not a criticism to the younger crowd (I’m not even THAAAAAT old as someone in my 30s), just a small thing I noted while reading comments.