Currently active players who, after they retire, will be considered among the best of all time in their respective positions, go.
>Messi
>Ronaldo
>Buffon
>Casillas
>Lahm
>Pirlo
>Neuer
>Robben
>Xavi
>Iniesta
Only ones i can think of right now, but there's probably more.
>>63368357
>Casillas
>Xavi
>>63368357
Is this limited to divegrass? If not:
Lardcollide:
>Brady
>Manning
>Revis
>Lynch
>Fitzgerald (maybe)
Apehoop:
>Kobr
>Duncan
>Garnett (maybe)
>Rooney
>>63368357
Xabi Alonso
Müller
>>63368433
but they won literally everything
xavi, iniesta and casillas are like the most successful players of all time
>>63368451
i'm fine with other sports
i should have picked a different picture though, 2 sawker players means americans will probably stay the fuck away from this thread
>>Casillas
>>Iniesta
>>Neuer (he's too young though)
also Ronaldo is already retired, friend
>>63368451
>Lynch
>Not Peterson
kek
>>63368451
>Fitzgerald
>not Steve Smith
>Ronaldo
He will be forgotten in a year
>>63374696
Cristina will cry.
>>63368537
>Iniesta won't be remembered
He's compared to Zidane
>>63368433
>Greentexting Xavi
Literally better than any German midfielder ever.
>>63368451
Forgetting Rodgers
legend desu senpai
>>63374814
lolno
Rodgers is nowhere near all-time great yet
>>63368516
>but they won literally everything
so did pedro
Wayne Rooney
Sergio Busquets.
He might dive every bluemoon but find me better DM. And go fuck yourself with this Makelelele bullshit. He literally was Mascherano tier compared to Busquets.
Is Xavi the most overrated player ever lads?
>>63379371
No, he's the best midfielder of the 21st century and one of the best ever
>>63368516
Casillas is the luckiest goalkeeper alive
No way near Buffon or Neuer
Xavi, aka the poor mans Pirlo
Iniesta, aka the poor mans Wesely Sneijder
>>63379371
Yes, nothing but a system babby. Pirlo and Scholes were a level above Xavi.
A dishonorable cunt as-well.
Running off to Qatar to finish his career. They're literally building stadiums with SLAVE labor, and he's reaping benefits from it.
I'm not making that shit up, Xavi is literally getting paid by a country that uses SLAVE labour. He's literally endorsing SLAVE labour, and he just came out and said Qatar will host a beautiful world cup. One of the few players I hope dies in a car crash.
Blood money pure and simple, and Barcelona are sponsored by Qatar airways. . . .
That's why I fucking hate Barcelona, but Xavi running off to Qatar itself for a couple of years and acting as their spokesmen is unforgivable.
>>63368357
Ibra will be considered an all-time great at Striker. Ribery sucks rn but I think he could go down as an all time great. Also there's some legends like Gerrad that are technically still active.
>>63379552
Trying way too hard.
Maybe try reddit they eat this kind of shit up.
>>63368357
>robben
agree with you on all the others though
Casillas went to shit in his thirties, he was a great keeper in his prime but ultimately tarnished his legacy and was an obstacle to his team in recent years. Gotta give him credit for the WC final though.
Otherwise pretty good list. Potentially Suarez and Neymar could make it, maybe Pogba if he joins a big team.
>>63368357
Xavi and Iniesta will be remembered as the guys who were carried by Messi, by normal people.
Casilas will be remembered as the guy crawling in front of Robben.
Nobody will remember Lahm outside of Munich
>>63379509
Then who's the one that leaded them to 2 euros and a WC
>>63380217
He's the best RW on the planet and has been for years now.
Stick to hand egg please.
>>63380320
>Xavi and Iniesta will be remembered as the guys who were carried by Messi, by normal people.
they'll be remembered as the driving force behind 1 WC + 2 Euros and the most crucial players in pep's barcelona
Wayne Rooney. He will be the leading the scorer for both England and Man Utd. Literally the best forward of all time in English football.
Casillas, Xavi and Iniesta are the reason Spain have those 2 ECs and a WC
>>63380398
>forgetting based torres
>>63379509
wesley sneijder aka the poor mans shinji ono
>>63380374
yes, but most people will forget that
>>63379344
>He literally was Mascherano tier compared to Busquets.
Mascherano is the superior DM. It was basically him and Di Maria that dragged Argentina to the WC final.
>>63380404
David Villa > Torres desu senpai
>>63368451
>Lynch
sjw pls go
Donovan
>>63380520
yes
>>63368433
I hate this reaction pic, I want to slap her so bad
De Gea
Martial
Smalling
Shaw
>>63368451
Kobe is shit dude and im not a Lebron fan either, if you think hes better then MJ you are retarded. Also duncand and garnett played the same position so yeah you are retarded
>>63368357
Yaya Touré because muh token African
Sergio Ramos
John Terry
Rat King
Ribery probably. He'll be one of the hipsters choices in the future
Xabi Alonso
Schweinsteiger
>>63380541
manlet detected
>>63380546
>"Jones, arguably the way he is looking, could be our best ever player. I think Jones may be one of the best players we have ever had, not matter where we play him. At 21 years of age, he is going to be a phenomenal player. I think he can play anywhere on the pitch."
>"He has such a massive influence, with his instinct and reading of the game. He has a drive about him."
>>63380570
You're missing Suarez. He's had so many ridiculous moments that even if he retired today he'd be remembered forever
Neymar is young but will go down as one of the greats. Suarez will be remembered for both, his goalscoring and his utter insanity
>>63380404
>>63380453
torres maybe for that first EC but this Spanish squad was never about the strikers. You could even argue (to a lesser extent) their World Cup and (too a major extent) their last European Cup was won without strikers.
>>63368357
>neuer
can he be considered GOAT already? I mean he still has to win a lot more and singlehandedly save bayern games to be on the same level as Buffon
>>63368357
>robben
LOL
>>63368433
>hating on based Schavi
I hope this is bait. If not, you should stop watching football because you know shit about the game.
>>63368451
What about Ginobili and Parker? They are two of the best foreign players ever
>>63381119
>World Cup 2010
>won without strikers
I suggest you go and rewatch that World Cup. David Villa scored 5 out of their 8 goals and assisted one more. They wouldn't have made it out of the group stage without him
>>63381170
I think he meant without classic centrefowards
>>63381177
yeah exactly
Everyone in this gif.
>>63381177
Villa was a centre forward for his entire career until he went to Barcelona and started playing on the left wing and he played centre forward during that World Cup.
>>63380217
the netherlands were shit for the last couple of years and Robben alone pretty much managed to get them far in the WM by playing incredible. Also FCBayern was pretty much fully dependant on him being healthy to do well for several years.
>>63379371
yes because he only ever had to play short passes and that alone made him look good. Just passing the ball 5m to a world class player doesn't make you the GOAT midfielder.
>>63381170
>they only scored 8 fucking goals to win a WC
disgraceful desu
>>63381296
>Just passing the ball 5m to a world class player doesn't make you the GOAT midfielder.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3PeAvkn7w
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F0Z0JVTFmQ
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeBAM9UZPiM
Here are some of Xavi's 5m passes :^) notice how two of those passes led to goals in CL/Euro finals. and if you can't see the impact of his passing game on Barcelona's and Spain's style then you should quit watching football. It's not a coincidence that Barcelona pretty much stopped playing tiki taka when he declined
>>63381195
>when pop retires
>>63381334
They defeated the mighty Paraguay in the quarter finals!
>>63381334
Germany scored 7 in one match.
>>63380431
>Di Maria
>Le Messi was bad at the world cup meme
Neymar
Busquets
Do people unironically rate Robben?
>>63382083
The only Brazilian world class player of this generation
>GOATs of their position
Messi
Buffon
>Top 5-15 of their position
C.Ronaldo
Xavi
Iniesta
Lahm
Neuer
Casillas
Pirlo
Robben
Suarez
Ronaldinho
Jamie Vardy
Chris Smalling
in 50 years the GOAT top five players will include xavi.
>>63382256
>Buffon
I like you. Deserves CL but other than that he is fucking GOAT and has been for a decade.
>>63379471
ayyyy
Neymar was born in the wrong generation
>>63381339
[ ] Not told
[x] Told
>>63382353
How? In any other generation he'd be sat on Brazil's bench and wouldn't have Messi to make him look good.
To be honestly remembered as the best of all time? Messi and CR7 hands down after that it gets shaky. Like Casillas to me is the greatest GK of all time but even in his generation there are disputes. Rooney is a name I don't see mentioned here and he will be remembered as certainly one of England's and EPL's greatest strikers. Player that should be remembered however are Modric, Kroos, Rodriguez, Silva, Di Maria and Ozil
hahahah yeah , it's true
>>63368357
you forgot Klose!
>>63382768
Klose wouldn't even make the top 50 strikers of all time. He was just fortunate that Germany didn't produce any top strikers during their renaissance.
Will.i.an
>>63380431
>Mascherano is the superior DM
He's not better than Busquets. There's a reason why he's the one that had to become a CB.
>no one mentioned totti yet
>>63368451
LeBron
Probably Curry if he wins at least one more championship/MVP
Like the other anon said, Parker and Ginobili will be up there as legends and because they're foreign players as well.
>>63379509
>Iniesta, aka the poor mans Wesely Sneijder
LeBron James and Messi will go down as the GOATs
Cristiano will always be 2nd best
>>63382481
Kleberson was a starter in the 2002 World Cup final.
Neymar is far better than Kaká, Juninho, Denilson, Zé Roberto and other competitors.
>>63384660
Kleberson was also a CM. Neymar wouldn't get in the team over any of the 3 R's
>>63368451
>Lynch
>among the best of all time
>putting marshawn "my o-line now sucks and so do I" Lynch on the same list as Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton, or Jim Brown.
>>63384660
>Neymar is far better than Kaká
kek, come back when Nerman wins a CL on his own and has at least one ballon d'or
>>63384660
>Neymar is far better than Kaká
>>63382273
>that feel when no one takes the bait
>>63380320
>Nobody will remember Lahm outside of Munich
He captained Germany in a World Cup victory... I think a lot of people will remember that.
>>63376383
Pedwho?
Kobe
Lebron
Brady
Manning
not lahm
Götze can still make it if he gets his lazy ass running. I mean he already scored the most important goal for a footballer.
>>63382549
do you watch nothing other than BPL, real madrid and barcelona?
>>63382768
Le do great in World Cups but otherwise irrelevant man
Harry Kane
>>63368357
>lahm
>not me
>Talking shit about Xavi
>These flags
>This topic
>>63385782
>wins a CL on his own
Are you kidding me?
Milan was SUPER stacked and they managed to be eliminated by Deportivo de la Coruña with a 4-1 advantage and lose a final to Lelverpool
>>63387294
You clearly didn't watch the 06/07 CL. The team had some big names, but most of them were over the hill. Kaka dragged them through the tournament.
>>63386345
should he watch the bundes which is complete shit apart from Bayern?
>>63386345
I watch EPL and La Liga why watch anything else really Ligue 1 is more interesting than Bundes and all the truly best players in the world are either in EPL or La Liga
>>63383294
>muh one man club
>muh loyalty
you can't pretend to be relevant in continental football if you have played with fucking Roma for 20 years and won nothing
inb4 muh whirl cup
>>63380562
Shut up Drake, nobody cares
>>63379552
All of this is true.
