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Goal 2020: The Best 50 players in the world (Men & Women)
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Lukaku better than Haaland, Salah, Sancho and Fernandes + everyone else not at that list
Riiight
Riiight
These rankings need to be split up into categories by position.
Impossible to compare midfielders to goalkeepers
Impossible to compare midfielders to goalkeepers
This list is plain bad, Kane not even in the top 25 for men but Lukaku is 15th? Jordan Henderson better than Kane?
Global, online votes when it's not just a single group of fans for their club is unfair anyway. The big clubs will always have more fans, thus more players in these lists.
There's nothing football fans love more than a numbered list of players.
Lukaku? we've been done mate.
We've been robbed by Conte.
One of the best players in the world.
We've been robbed by Conte.
One of the best players in the world.
With every player I scrolled past the chances of Kane being #1 became higher in my mind
I really despise these top player list especially when not done professionally. Just to get a couple of clicks and debating.
Obvious omission is Jan Oblak, best keeper in the world for I'd say the past 5 year's now. Neuer obviously had that did in form 2 years ago where everyone thought he was past it but he's bounced back to his top level, Still think Oblak is the better keeper.
Obvious omission is Jan Oblak, best keeper in the world for I'd say the past 5 year's now. Neuer obviously had that did in form 2 years ago where everyone thought he was past it but he's bounced back to his top level, Still think Oblak is the better keeper.
these lists have always be contentious, now they've spilt the 50 ''best'' into the 25 best players in the world & 25 ''players'' i was better than when i was a 15 year old boy.
A lot of odd decisions in there. It's also unclear if it's based on what the players have done in 2020 or just "FIFA stats".
Agreed. Top 5 for each position would be much more interesting.
Yes that would be more accurate and nuanced, but it would also generate less outrage, less clicks and less shares so naturally goal.com decided they would leave nuanced takes to some other publication
I'm fine with the amount of Bayern players, so it's obviously the best list ever.
Neuer at his top level is comfortably better than any other GK in the world.
Not only is he just as good as the others in the "classical" goalkeeping areas (shot stopping, presence in the box etc.), he's also simply better in anticipating dangerous situations (-> sweeping) and playing with the ball at his feet. He's really a libero and goalkeeper in one person.
Let's do it then:
Goalkeeper: Neuer, Oblak, Alisson, Ter Stegen, De Gea
Fullbacks: Davies, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Chillwell
Centrebacks: Van Dijk, Ramos, Marquinhos, Laporte, Koulibaly
Midfielders (defensive): Kimmich, Goretzka, Thiago, Modric, Kanté
Midfielders (offensive): De Bruyne, Messi, Müller, Bruno, Neymar
Wingers: Mané, Salah, Mbappe, Son, Sané
Strikers: Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Kane, Haaland, Benzema
Interesting list and not too much wrong in my opinion with it.
If I had to change a couple of player's they would be.
On current form I would change Son for Gnabry and Gundogan for Modric who isn't really getting a look in at the minute at Real Madrid. Apart from that I'd say that's a fair list
Neymar #4... I imagine for the idea of how good he can be as opposed to practically how good he is.
This narrative is going to be one of those myths of football i already know...
"Neymar wasnt even that good" 20 years from now, when he actually has been amazing.
Amazing? In the last few years?
You would honestly say he's the 4th best player in the world?
I'll be quite honest: Where has he been "amazing"?
He has consistently been a good player and had some very good seasons, sure, but he never had anything close to a "mindblowing" season like Lewandowski (15/16, 19/20), Suarez (13/14, 15/16) or even Salah (17/18). I'm not even starting to bring Messi and Ronaldo into the conversation.
If he wasn't that massively hyped up "next Pélé" from Brazil, but rather a Michael Müller from Germany or James Smith from England (with the exact same talent), he would be remembered as a very good football player and bad actor, but nothing more.
Sadio Mane honestly has some of the best hype men in world football. That so many people continue to put him above Salah despite regularly being outscored and out-assisted by Salah is quite remarkable.
Since they've been teammates: (PL only)
Salah: 81 goals/35 assists
Mane: 54 goals/24 assists
Since they've been teammates: (PL only)
Salah: 81 goals/35 assists
Mane: 54 goals/24 assists
I'm convinced these lists are deliberately shit to generate more clicks
Mental, isn’t it? I think a lot of it is down to how Salah is just more dislikable to the general public non-Liverpool supporters. Grew a bit of a reputation for being a diver, seems a bit more arrogant/smug etc. — stuff like that just rubs people off the wrong way. Similar to how people vehemently refuse to believe Neymar as a top 5 player (when he clearly is).
He clearly isn't... What has he done over the last 2 seasons to warrant that?
He's not even the best player at his club.
Terrible list. Didn't continue reading it after the first few names.
He`s been amazing alright, amazing in France, but not really done much of note otherwise these last couple of years(though he did have a couple of good performances in last seasons CL9).
So, when you combine dominating League 1, in a team with vastly superior squad than the rest, doing not too much in CL, and the injuries, i find it hard to put him in, say, the top 5.
Quality control
Women football hahahha
Not a bad list, but I think Kimmich is far too low. KDB maybe a bit too high given that he only won the league cup last year.
Do they only rate it based on last year I would have Goretzka on the list for sure.
Do they only rate it based on last year I would have Goretzka on the list for sure.
Neymar has missed a ton of football too, some to injury, some to poor discipline and some to seemingly not actually being that bothered about playing. Of the 124 Ligue 1 games PSG have had since he signed, he's only played in 56 of them.
Weird list they seem to go off form from last season which is fair enough but was Neymar THAT good to take 4th spot? he played 15 league games and 7 in the CL.....barely even half a season.
Neymar has lived off his reputation for years, he’s a bit part player at PSG he’s barely made 30 league appearances in over 2 years. He’s done absolutely nothing to suggest he’s anywhere near the best.
Do people honestly watch Liverpool play and think Salah is the better footballer than Mane?. 
Honest question. Better finisher yes, that is about it for me. Mane is the best footballer we currently have in Africa. And Salah is the best goal scorer we have.
Honest question. Better finisher yes, that is about it for me. Mane is the best footballer we currently have in Africa. And Salah is the best goal scorer we have.Kimmich at #11 is really too low, he should've been in the top 5.