There have been great through ball passers in the last 20 years. Which one do you think is the best?
Some examples: Zinedine Zidane, Rui Costa, Andrea Pirlo, Andres Iniesta, Guti, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Mesut Ozil, Kevin de Bruyne.
Idk man, as a Liverpool fan I hate saying this but De Bruyne has actually started to grow on me. Definitely the best passer of the past 5 years along with Messi no doubt.
Pirlo to me provided the gold standard of through ball passing for my entire childhood so I’m obligated to say him
Don’t forget Laudrup.
Beckham? Or KDB are surely in with a shout. KDB to sterling,aguero and sane was just different
Carlos Valderama
This sub is allergic to debruyne
De Bruyne, no question
Gretzky
come here to say that I love Guti’s through pass
Messi aside, ozil was unbelievably good at them, he had this clipped through ball around the corner, and a reverse pass to the overlapping winger. Both of which were so effective and dangerous.
For playing a through ball: Ozil and Messi Overall passing: Xavi
All those on the list are good shouts except Messi he’s toward the bottom of the list. Maybe last.
Daley blind, a true underrated through ball passer
Beckham? His lob through pass is like magic. No one can compared to him, maybe only Xabi Alonso comes close
Ronaldinho’s passing is unbelievably underrated.