Which one do you think is the best team in the world if you only count the names and not how they function together. I think it's by Far Real madrid, despite the bad results.

I mean: Casillas, Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo, Alonso, Modric, Ozil, Benzema, kaka , Cristiano, Higuain, Di maria... No other team has as many world class players.

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Such a list has the problem that people rarely consider German players world class even though they very likely are, or you would have to put a thorough look at Bayern ^^

Moreover - what exactly constitutes being "world class"?

I think barcelona is ... Messi, Iniesta are the best in the world on their position, while Xavi is there with Pirlo, and Busquets and Dani Alves are definitely top 3 ... All those 5 players have a big contribution in attack, so it's hard to compete with them with half of their attacking contribution players being either the best in the world or top 3...

Well I don't know about how people rate German players, but there's only one in the list so I don't see the problem. And I would consider Bayern to be one of the teams that could compete with Madrid to be the best.

And I don't have a dictionary definition for world class. I only meant a very good player. of course, that's subjective, but let's just accept each others' opinions.

Well, in that case I think I should list Bayern München with

Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Holger Badstuber (I know that this is extremely controversial, but I do rate him very highly as CB), David Alaba, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos, Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben (when healthy), Mario Gómez

tuddor wrote:I think barcelona is ... Messi, Iniesta are the best in the world on their position, while Xavi is there with Pirlo, and Busquets and Dani Alves are definitely top 3 ... All those 5 players have a big contribution in attack, so it's hard to compete with them with half of their attacking contribution players being either the best in the world or top 3...

Well to be honest I don't really rate Busquets that much. And what puts me off barcelona re the other forwards besides Messi. Villa is good, but never plays, i consider both Higuain and Benzema to be better. Alexis and Pedro for me are good but not great players. Other than that the team is great just a bit toothless for my taste.

rwo power wrote:Well, in that case I think I should list Bayern München with

Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Holger Badstuber (I know that this is extremely controversial, but I do rate him very highly as CB), David Alaba, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos, Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben (when healthy), Mario Gómez

It's a great team, have to watch it more, but could never get in to bundesliga. No argentine players, and living in china currently makes catching the matches really difficult.

Get more argentine players or start claiming that Mario Gomez is from argentina and I'll start watching it more.

I think its Bayern, followed by Barca. Gomez, Robben, Lahm, and Neuer are all #1 in their respective positions. Ribery and Schweinsteiger are Top 3 in their positions. Krooa is top 5 AM. Shaqiri, Muller, Alaba, Badstuber, and Boateng are all excellent players with potential to become world class very soon (especially the wingers and Alaba), while Dante, Martinez, Mandzukic, and Pizarro are excellent, very underrated players.

Juventus also should not be forgotten though. 2 Top 5 CBs (Barzagli and Chiellini, who i believe is #1 when on form). The best CM in the world (Pirlo). 2 Top 3 B2Bs in the world (Marchisio and Vidal), one of which you could consider a DM (Vidal), in which case he would be the #1 DM. I would also put them in the Top 5 CMs in the world, after Pirlo, Schweini, and Xavi, but guys like Alonso and De Rossi make that very arguable. Buffon is also arguably the best keeper in the world (its all personal preference between Neuer, Casillas, and Buffon in my opinion). Lichsteiner has also developed into a Top 3 RB inmy opinion. Asamoah and Vucinic are excellent players whobtear defenses apart all day long. Giovinco still hasnt reached his potenrial and when he does he will be world class. Pogba is also developing into an excellent player, and Bonucci thus season has been one of the nest CBs in the world this season. Overall, id say we make Top 5.

Best teams in the world player per player are: Man UTD and Juventus.