Paul Pogba didn't even make the top 50 of Business Insider's best players of 2019 list. But Brundish has a set of statistics he believes sufficiently ends any debate on the matter. It’s been another hugely eventful year in the world of football. Vertonghen put in a collection of expert displays during Tottenham’s unlikely run to June’s Champions League final. If you were to look at Kylian Mbappe's trophy cabinet, you wouldn't believe he is still only 21 years old. He leads the line like a true midfield general, playing with flair, grace, and power in equal measure, but most importantly, with a smile on his face. Is Bruno Fernandes Manchester United's savior? Laporte’s worth to Manchester City has been painfully clear since an injury in September sidelined him for the long term. He has also become a pivotal player for Bayern Munich, where he is admirably filling the huge void left by Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery. 6. Can he return to his best in 2020? Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund/England, 1. North London is redSerge Gnabry, Arsenal legend pic.twitter.com/Ou9az7RuUH— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 2, 2019. A selection of our best stories daily based on your reading preferences. All Rights Reserved. As we approach the end of 2019, ESPN have released the latest edition of their annual rankings: the ESPN FC 100. The centre-back is a dominant presence, 6ft 5in but seemingly looming even larger, yet tactically astute and relatively quick to boot. At 35, he is a triumph for perseverance and a luxury to watch. The Senegalese has been unwaveringly solid for a number of years now, and was as good as ever in 2019. That was until he topped the FFT100 (OK, fine). He thought he'd achieved the best possible recognition when he was handed a record sixth Ballon d’Or earlier this month. His Terry-esque heart, his Ferdinand-esque brain, and Vidic-esque physicality have transformed Liverpool's back four into the best in Europe. Werner. Elsewhere, Brazil won the 2019 Copa America, Barcelona triumphed in both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, Cristiano Ronaldo won his first Serie A title with Juventus, and so much more has happened that we could be here all day. Oh my word, Luis Suarez!Barca are RAMPANT!It's 4-1 at HT as Leo Messi goal also got his second and Barca's third pic.twitter.com/gTxk2C6TmE— Watch El Clásico live on Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) December 7, 2019. Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich/Germany. You wouldn’t bet again the mercurial Swede finishing higher up the list next year. Leicester’s marksman is firing the Foxes towards another surprise Champions League appearance, and he remains a scourge of the league. Started in 2010, Top 20 Players of the Year is HLTV's annual tradition of ranking the 20 best players of each year based on players' individual performances and accolades with the exception of 2012 which was a transition year from Counter-Strike to Global Offensive. Eriksen’s lacklustre autumn displays should not cloud his achievements in the first half of the calendar year. Mertens remains a serious threat, even if – inevitably – he isn’t hitting the same dizzy heights as two years ago. Navas is now enjoying a new lease of life with PSG after inexplicably falling out of favour at Real Madrid, and he wasted little time in reminding people that he remains among the best goalkeepers in the game. Alexander-Arnold’s 12 set a Premier League record for a defender; Robertson managed a mere 11, but by the end of November he had bumped his team-mate into second position, across the league, for assists in 2019. The greatest, bar none. After three increasingly prolific campaigns at Sevilla, which followed six years with Toulouse, Ben Yedder is back in Ligue 1 – and he's flourishing. As is the case for most of Real Madrid’s squad, it hasn’t been the easiest of periods for Casemiro – but, boy, do they notice when he isn’t around to plug the gaps. Updated 1444 GMT (2244 HKT) March 28, 2019, (CNN)Leading sports scientist Simon Brundish gives a knowing look when asked who is the best footballer in the world. Using 2017-18 full-season data from football statistics website, Understat, Combine all of those stats; Messi's goals, assists and xG-Build score and Brundish asks of the best player in the world debate: "Where is the argument? Liquipedia will soon drop support for Internet Explorer. Given his freakish scoring rate at Lazio (November’s 2-1 win at Milan marked his 100th goal for the club, in 147 games), the second half of 2018-19 was disappointing for Immobile. Lionel Messi on the field for Futbol Club Barcelona. “If you haven’t got a dog and you have got a cat, you hunt with a cat,” moaned Jose Mourinho eight years ago, when forced to play Benzema at Real Madrid. REAL SOCIEDAD (ON LOAN FROM REAL MADRID) Norway. Real Madrid's 19 youngest scorers - where are they now? Marco Reus | Borussia Dortmund/Germany, 4. He also scored a vital goal at Old Trafford in a nerve-wracking title race, and was player of the tournament in Portugal’s Nations League win. Trent Alexander-Arnold | Liverpool/England. Zlatan Ibrahimovic | unattached/Sweden, 6. "On his first appearance in European competition, Harry Maguire captains Man Utd...And he forgot to stick around for the coin toss pic.twitter.com/eanTEx0ccM— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 24, 2019. This was the year Gnabry grew into a true world-class star. Sterling takes top spot thanks to his performances for Man City and England, but Mane can consider himself a tad unfortunate. Trent Alexander-Arnold | Liverpool/England. The Portuguese speedster set up six goals last term, and he has designs on finally ousting Joao Cancelo and Nelson Semedo in time for Euro 2020 next summer. Silva isn’t slowing down, even as his career in England nears its final act: since the beginning of the 2018-19 season, he has made or scored 21 goals in the Premier League alone. "Mane achieved a great year that was exceptional for the entire Liverpool team. Last season was not a good one for Kroos, who was so passive at times that it was reasonable to ask if years of winning had sapped all the 29-year-old’s motivation. While the end is near – he turns 33 in January and succession plans are in place at the Camp Nou – a slowing Suarez is still goal-hungry in 2019-20... even if he has gone four years without scoring away in the Champions League. Ederson’s 20 Premier League clean sheets in 2018-19 would have been enough to win him the Golden Glove in any of the previous 10 years. Odegaard became world-famous when he debuted for Norway aged 15 and joined Real Madrid at 16, but only now, after shining in the Eredivisie, is the 21-year-old getting the chance to show Spanish football his worth. His selfless space creation and showreel of tricks and flicks earmark ‘Bobby’ as a special player indeed. N’Golo Kante is a player that every manager in the world would love to have in their starting line-up - but has Chelsea’s Frenchman really been the best central midfielder in 2019? Off it, he doesn't act like one either. He is a bit special. He is the best. Aspas isn’t just Celta Vigo’s star player: he is their leader, their talisman, and he completely embodies the club. The former Liverpool man is a cracking package: set-piece master, workhorse, creator and ever-reliable finisher. The crafty, creative 31-year-old has reached double figures for league assists three years running, and was halfway there this season by October’s end. Hazard is yet to hit top form since his dream move to Real Madrid last summer, but the brilliant Belgian with a big backside is beginning to find his feet in La Liga. Juve were perfectly happy to pay €75m for his services. Tadic became just the ninth player in history to receive a 10/10 rating from L’Équipe, for his incredible display in the demolition of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Few can come close to these feats -- although Cristiano Ronaldo has long had a comparable, and sometimes superior, goal scoring rate. An on-song Sancho is one of the most entertaining players in the world. Skriniar seems tailor-made for Antonio Conte; the ideal defensive warrior to make his three-man backline work. 10. Given Messi's prodigious goal and assist rate, it would seem logical that his xG-build score would lag behind other players who have more of a role in the early stage build up to a goal given the spaces they usually occupy on the field. Firmino is surely Liverpool’s most underrated player. A more accurate reflection of Pogba's ability is when he plays for his country. pic.twitter.com/LFMb3EuMCd— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 3, 2019. Perkz’s transition from mid laner … Should Jurgen Klopp's side win its first ever Premier League title as expected this season, a lot of credit will, and rightly so, go to Van Dijk. Our annual list of the world's 100 best male football players is here! Witsel wasted his talents for far too long, allowing his progress to stagnate first in Russia and then in China. Somehow, Son is still underrated. He doesn't have terrific footwork, he rarely scores, and he never really lands himself in hot water. In May, a quick couple of Wijnaldum goals sent Anfield potty. David de Gea | Manchester United/Spain, 3. Ding won his first Chinese Chess Championship at the age of 16, making him the youngest to ever do so. Let us know your thoughts on Twitter (we're over at @FourFourTwo) with the hashtag #FFT100... A few eyebrows were raised when the Lyon captain and World Cup winner joined Real Betis last summer for an initial €20m; the gifted playmaker had agreed a €60m move to Liverpool in 2018 before the Reds got cold feet, citing an underlying knee injury. Business Insider's best players of 2019 list. The versatile midfielder became a key member of Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli side in an impressive first Serie A season, before inspiring his country to glory at the European Under-21 Championship last summer, where he was named the Player of the Tournament. It turns out he was. Mané impressed even in a stacked Liverpool front three, notably when his brace at Bayern Munich took Jurgen Klopp’s men into the Champions League quarter-finals en route to winning the trophy. More than 40 ESPN FC experts from around the world have made their selections and come up with top tens for every position on the pitch. He was a steal at €12m back in 2014. One year on from World Cup success, he narrowly lost out to Lionel Messi as Europe’s top overall goalscorer. 7. He was one of two exceptional centre-backs in the Premier League across 2018-19, and justifiably made the PFA Team of the Year. Both were in the PFA and Champions League teams of the year, and Alexander-Arnold even got on the shortlist for the Ballon d’Or (justified purely by that ingenious corner against Barcelona, we would argue). Trent Alexander-Arnold only turned 21 last month but is already considered by many as the world’s best right-back. Great beard; even better right-back, though. His scoring touch certainly hasn’t deserted him in 2019-20, either. That a 24-goal club season was ‘disappointing’ says plenty. There’s much more to come. At 2019's FIFA Best Awards, the Argentine voted Sadio Mane as his number one player in the world. “Jordi is the best left-back in the world,” PSG defender Juan Bernat recently enthused about his international team-mate. Strong, mobile and fearless, Skriniar boasts excellent pace and awareness, and he is unquestionably one of the best man-markers in Italian football. Bath But he is also an increasingly suspect defender, who can be taken to the cleaners not just by Barcelona but, in the past year, the likes of Girona and Mallorca. Team: G2 Esports. Fabinho could stake a fair claim as the most effective defensive midfielder in England right now, if not Europe. Timo. He was named Serie A's best defender for last season, and also in the Africa Cup of Nations' Team of the Tournament. Both players have been fantastic all year. No contest, this one. He relishes battles but also packs a decent turn of pace and, better still, the intelligence to be there one step earlier. At everything. 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De Gea has struggled ever since the 2018 World Cup, in truth, but the rate at which he bailed out Manchester United was hardly sustainable. The Spain schemer lost his way a little at the beginning of 2019-20, but the midfield metronome should return strongly under a new coach. One of La Dea’s best-ever signings, Gomez captained the team with Serie A’s 14th-highest wage budget to 3rd place – and Champions League qualification – in 2018-19. J. Kimmich continues to be hugely influential for Bayern Munich and Germany, whether he is being deployed as a right-back or in his preferred central midfield role. Manchester United and Manchester City want him, says Transfermarkt, as does Chelsea, according to Calcio Mercato. Elsewhere, Jadon Sancho finishes one place higher than Son Heung-min, while Angel Di Maria is a bit unlucky to finish behind Marco Reus in seventh. The striker played his part in another record-breaking season at the Etihad Stadium, scoring 21 goals in as many starts across 2018-19. The second-half substitute made the difference against Barcelona that memorable night, but Gini has been consistently excellent in Jurgen Klopp’s midfield; the occasional goal is just a bonus. A final-day brace away at Burnley meant Aubameyang shared the 2018-19 Premier League Golden Boot, and a semi-final hat-trick in Valencia steered Arsenal to the Europa League final, so he has proved a rare source of good cheer in a dysfunctional Gunners side. Werner, one of the world’s quickest strikers, has added a new dimension to his game. LIST FourFourTwo's 50 favourite football shirts, RANKED The 101 greatest football players of the last 25 years, LEGENDS FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER, FIFA 20 Career mode best young players: 15 wonderkids with world-class potential, New features you'd love on FourFourTwo.com. If he adds more goals like the one against Manchester City, he will be some player. Lukaku x LautaroThese two are turning into a serious problem..pic.twitter.com/huCVcoA393— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) December 10, 2019. Now 30, he is getting better with age. FourFourTwo is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Raheem Sterling | Manchester City/England. "Think of the best defenders in Premier League history — John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, and Nemanja Vidic. With the help of a deflection, Odegaard gives Real Sociedad the lead over Atletico on Premier Sports 2! He is essential to City’s Champions League ambitions. He is versatile, and provides assists at a remarkable rate, but also a genuine leader on the pitch at the age of 24. His injury problems were so terrible that it’s genuinely remarkable Cazorla is even playing again. Visit our corporate site. 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A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Since moving to Manchester United in 2016, the Frenchman has failed to replicate the form he showed at previous club Juventus. For example, if a goalkeeper started a move by passing to a defender, who then played the ball to winger before squaring for a striker to score, the goalkeeper and defender would score statistical points under the xG-Build system. 5. The best players deliver when it matters most; the truly elite do it consistently. Lukaku’s summer switch to Inter has revitalised him after a troubled end to his time at Manchester United. Neymar didn't have a particularly memorable 2019. Maybe, but he is far exceeding expectations for a 19-year-old. Bruno Fernandes | Sporting CP/Portugal, 8. He is making up for it now, matching last term’s goal tally by November’s end. Alderweireld, stylish and ever-reliable in his five years with Spurs, was key. His balletic grace, positional intelligence and adaptability have each come to the fore under Pep Guardiola. Get the game's greatest stories and best journalism direct to your door for only £9.50 every quarter – that's roughly £2.90 per issue. At 27, he still has plenty of time to fulfill his potential as the world's best which he showed during his time at Barcelona. The Argentine forward was determined to prove his worth throughout the turbulence, and he has done just that with some fine performances and important goals, including strikes against both Milan and Inter. Marquinhos | Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil, 4. Adding goals to his game could make 2020 his best year yet. As ever, a note about subjectivity: this list is largely derived from performances over the calendar year, in conjunction with FFT staff and dozens of our most respected writers from around the world, but we feel there should be a nod to overall class as well. View the full 100 below, Fri 20 Dec 2019 05.01 EST Get the best features, fun and footballing frolics straight to your inbox every week. He has been making up for lost time at Dortmund ever since. Edinson Cavani’s successor seems to have been found. If only someone didn’t steal all his free-kicks…, 26. How do you separate Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane? yet the goals still flowed. Classy, elegant, and luxurious, but with a powerful 450 bhp engine hidden away underneath its hood. After all, does one good – or bad – year define a player? Kante had his least remarkable 12 months in England, but that isn’t saying much: the norm for him had been winning major trophies with any team he represented. Maurizio Sarri would not have been amused when he heard that Chiellini was sidelined for six months with a cruciate ligament injury, just as the new season was getting underway. As the brains behind the most incredible run in recent Champions League memory, the youngster looked like a player made for Barcelona during his time with Ajax. And his worth to Algeria is beyond reproach: the wideman inspired the Fennecs to only their second Africa Cup of Nations title in July, scoring a dramatic free-kick winner in the 95th minute of their semi-final against Nigeria. Calm, mature and consistent – he is Juve’s No.1 with good reason, keeping out a legend in Gigi Buffon. 7. Kai Havertz | Bayer Leverkusen/Germany. Many believe he already is. "Think of the best defenders in Premier League history — John Terry, … Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Who is the world's most marketable athlete? The 23-year-old has impressed since arriving as a long-term replacement for Fernandinho, combining positional awareness with reassuring style. Löw is under pressure to change his mind. Frustratingly, his knee knack also denied him a much-deserved France debut. The 28-year-old's ability to drift past defenders at the drop of a shoulder also evokes memories of a prime Zinedine Zidane. Thiago Silva's shocker: Which players have made the most errors leading to goals in Premier League history? Hours before triumphing at June’s European Under-21 Championship with Spain, Oyarzabal learned he would graduate from the business degree he had combined with football for four years. Check the progress of our 2016 class | 2015 | 2014, Available for everyone, funded by readers. A contender for Real Madrid’s star performer of 2019, the 27-year-old is a prototype for the modern full-back. “Far from a disaster,” is how France boss Didier Deschamps described his form. © In 2019 he stepped up in Harry Kane’s absence, plundering 20 goals across the campaign even as his international commitments stacked up. Marc-Andre ter Stegen | Barcelona/Germany. His range of passing is second to none, and, when combined with his sublime first touch and acute awareness of what's happening around him, it means he can dictate any game. Fair enough. 10. The debate rages between every football fan on over who is currently the best footballer in the world. Kylian Mbappe | Paris Saint-Germain/France. As Manchester City’s most-used outfield player after Aymeric Laporte last season, Silva combined graft and guile, encapsulated in his superb performance against Liverpool in January. The midfielder’s mojo appears to be back, although it remains to be seen if he can maintain that inspiration when it matters most. As Maurizio Sarri’s midfield fulcrum he routinely exceeds 100 passes per match, yet he is also a significant goal threat. 2 Players With Multiple Appearances (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) Started in 2010, Top 20 Players of the Year is HLTV 's annual tradition of ranking the 20 best players of each year based on players' individual performances and accolades with the exception of 2012 which was a transition year from Counter-Strike to Global Offensive . It isn’t just City who will miss him next year. Sure, the 2018 World Cup runner-up hasn’t been at his Ballon d’Or-winning best over the past year – hence his placing here – but he is a deep-lying playmaker of rare quality. Neymar won’t look back on 2019 particularly fondly: it was arguably his worst year as a professional. Account active It was the second-best haul of his career, including three of Spurs’ four goals in the two-legged Champions League success against Manchester City. Almost all of Europe's biggest clubs are rumoured to be interested in taking Kalidou Koulibaly away from Napoli. The goalkeeper provides so much more than shot-stopping, however (although he is pretty good at it) – he even chalked up a couple of assists last season, which was as many as Sadio Mané. He scored eight in nine matches for the Three Lions across 2019, complementing lethal club form that landed him the 2018-19 FWA Footballer of the Year prize. While 2019 was underwhelming for PSG, it was fruitful for Mbappe. Barcelona’s wizard continues to dazzle and delight, producing another calendar year of extraordinary consistency in front of goal and almost single-handedly carrying the Catalan club at times.
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