Formation: 3-4-1-2

GK: Gigi Buffon (Juve 14)

RCB: Carles Puyol (Barca 09) SW: Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea 05) LCB: Sergio Ramos (Madrid 12)

RWB: Kyle Walker (City 18) RCM: Andres Iniesta (Barca 15) LCM: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern 13) LWB: Patrice Evra (Man United 08)

CAM: Wesley Sneijder (Inter 10)

RS: Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid 18) LS: Julian Alvarez (City 23)

Danilo for Juventus. His grinta is unmatched, and now he’s the captain for it.

I’ve said it and I’ll say it again…the death of the number 9 is the most heartbreaking.

At least people will venerate the 10s of old like Zizou, Maradona, etc. but the 9s of the old days are tap-in merchants, poachers, target forwards like Gary Lineker, Filippo Inzaghi, and Miroslav Klose. If old 10s played today they wouldn’t suit the modern game but at least people would marvel at their playmaking ability and skill. If old 9s played today they’d be labeled as tap-in merchants and ignored at best, memed everywhere at worst.