I have seen so many silly top 10s on the Internet regarding this topic, including one made with AI, and some of them are absolutely ridiculous, putting even PSG or City over teams like Milan and Inter for example.

There are nine clubs that are sacred for the sport and should not ever be left out of any historic top 10, regardless of the order in which you put them and those are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, AC Milan, Manchester United, Juventus, Inter Milan and Ajax. And no other team in Europe(and frankly, the world), is bigger than any of them.

After those 9, put whatever club you want, put a Portuguese one, or Arsenal, or Chelsea, or whatever. But those 9 are non negotiable and leaving them out honestly makes any top 10 look either ignorant or made by a really young person.

Edit: And I mean big as in overall trophies, status, prestige, players, ballon d ors, history, fans, etc. Not just followers on social media and revenue.

  • ThaiFinneN@alien.topB
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    The last spot should go to Benfica 2 UCL wins and 5 runners up. 38 league titles and 29 runners up. Dortmund is also in the conversation but I think Benfica is ahead

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    1 year ago

    I know bro was putting them clubs in his own order from best to worst even though he said “regardless of the order” 💀🙏🏽

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    1 year ago

    Are you sure those lists that include PSG and Man City are supposed to be “the historic top 10”?

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    1 year ago

    This is the internet so I disagree even though you’re right!

    On a more serious note, I believe Benfica should be the 10th team on the list.

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    1 year ago

    Crazy how Italy has 3 teams, England and Spain has 2, Germany and Netherlands each only have 1 each

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    It’ll be interesting to see if people will remove Ajax from this list in 20 years. A great history and the melting pot for most great Dutch players. Now, they’re a smaller European giant that is unlikely to have any impact on the CL and who probably won’t hold on to any Dutch starlets past their 18th birthday.

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    1 year ago

    This entire post has been created to make Arsenal and City fans feel bad - the two clubs that are currently doing quite well in the premier league as well as the champions league.

    The OP perhaps has never heard the phrase - STOP LIVING IN THE PAST GLORIES.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t care about this sort of list but what’s funny is that the newer batch of the “red” club fans who think bandwagoning these historic clubs give them a moral superiority over those who chose “blue” clubs for whatever reason. At the end of the day they’re just fellow glory hunters who do not even live in the same continent as the clubs they’re supporting. Ironic.

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    1 year ago

    Arsenal fall into a weird spot where they are ahead of clubs like Chelsea, Forest, City in terms of long term domestic history and domestic cultural relevance, but simply fall short on the European stage behind clubs like Inter and Benfica who many in the UK would see as less relevant, let alone City and Chelsea.

    Arsenal are tied to a revolution in the professional game through Wenger in England, and I think even one, or two CL victories would immediately plant them amongst those European giants.

    As it is, they just fall short