I’m obviously going to be biased but I genuinely think Neuer has more of a claim to being the third best player of the past generation than anyone else. It’s never going to be easy to back that up with measurable stats in the way you can with goals and assists but just in terms of what he offers the team, he has been massive and evidently continues to be. He has managed single-handedly win matches in the same way that a striker has done - in Flick’s full season, Bayern probably wouldn’t have won the league if it wasn’t for either Lewandowski scoring a lot or Neuer making big save after big save every game. He’s a real big game player as well - I can’t actually recall a time where he has been at fault for a loss either for Bayern or Germany (the South Korea thing is maybe the best argument you could make but even then it’s not like he was up at the other end of the pitch just for funsies).