Greatest ever team... (with a twist)

[Dinghy]

Standard sort of pub argument... What would be your 11 of greatest ever players?

Everyone can probably name their top XI pretty easily off the top of their heads right? The players might chop and change a little dependant upon what mood you are in.

So lets add a little twist to the question and make this a little harder...

None of the players are allowed to have played for the same country or the same team (at any point in their careers)

Think this might take me a while to think this one through...



??

 

[Col_M]

.........................Totti.......Pelé
Messi Bremner Keane DeBruyne Zidanne
.................Maldini Ledley Krol
................................Neuer

very tough!
Amazing how the same clubs snap up the world class talent. Barce, Madrid, Milan, Juve. And then there are the recurring names is Ajax and Galatasaray

 

[Col_M]

Rule amendment. Once a player is gone, he’s off the market ;-)

 

[Gravy12]

Schmeichel
Godin
Chiellini
Ramos
Lahm
Valderamma
Maradona
Waddle
Zico
Van basten
Mbappe

 

[Gravy12]

Rule amendment. Once a player is gone, he’s off the market ;-)

Very tough!

 

[Tucker]

This is a head scratcher. I will hopefully be back later with a team.

 

[Spurrific]

Schmeichel
Srna (C) - Maldini - van Dijk - Lahm
Kante - Gilberto Silva - Guti
Gascoigne
Batistuta - Eusebio (never saw him play obvs)

Some of these almost definitely overlap but can’t think of how.

Edit - didn’t read subsequent posts, fack off if you think I’m not using some of those players

 

[Gassin's finest]

Schmeichel
LYP - Maldini - van Dijk - Lahm
Kante - Gilberto Silva - Guti
Gascoigne
Batistuta - Eusebio (never saw him play obvs)

Some of these almost definitely overlap but can’t think of how.

Is that Lee Young Pyo?

 

[Spurrific]

Is that Lee Young Pyo?

Ignore that - course him and Gazza played for Spurs - it was a last min amendment ffs

 

[Gassin's finest]

Ignore that - course him and Gazza played for Spurs - it was a last min amendment ffs

I wasn't pulling you up on that, I just loved that he was there at all.

Approve.

 

[Nine while nine]

I think this meets both the original rule and the follow-up challenge not to use any players so far listed. I've also singularly failed to include any Englishman in the XI too.

Lev Yashin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Moscow)

Jordi Alba (Spain, Valencia, Barcelona)
Franco Baresi (Italy, Milan)
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany, Bayern, New York, Hamburg)
Javier Zanetti (Argentina, Inter)

Blanchflower (N. Ireland, Barnsley, Villa, Tottenham)
Pavel Nedved (Czechoslovakia, Sparta Prague, Lazio, Juventus)
Jairzinho (Brazil, Brazilian teams, Marseille)
Ryan Giggs (Wales, Manchester United)

Kenny Dalglish (Scotland, Celtic, Liverpool)
Hugo Sanchez (Mexico, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid)

 

[Gravy12]

.........................Totti.......Pelé
Messi Bremner Keane DeBruyne Zidanne
.................Maldini Ledley Krol
................................Neuer

very tough!
Amazing how the same clubs snap up the world class talent. Barce, Madrid, Milan, Juve. And then there are the recurring names is Ajax and Galatasaray

Totti and Maldini.... sorry

 

[Col_M]

Totti and Maldini.... sorry

damn. Of course I meant Simon Totti the Albanian super striker.

 

[Tucker]

Here’s mine

Team



GK - Southall - Everton, Wales



DR - Dani Carvajal - Leverkusen, Real, Spain

DL - Roberto Carlos - Inter, Real, Brazil

DC - Beckenbaur, BM, Germany

DC - Paolo Maldini, AC Milan, Italy



MC - Roy Keane - Nottingham Forest, Man Utd, Celtic, Ireland

MC - Hoddle - Spurs, Monaco, Chelsea, Swindon, England

MC - Michel Platini - Nancy, St Etienne, Juventus, France



ST - Lionel Messi, Barcelona, Argentina.

ST - Dennis Bergkamp - Ajax, Inter, Arsenal, Holland

ST - Eusebio - Benfica, Portugal

 

[Gravy12]

Here’s mine

Team



GK - Southall - Everton, Wales



DR - Dani Carvajal - Leverkusen, Real, Spain

DL - Roberto Carlos - Inter, Real, Brazil

DC - Beckenbaur, BM, Germany

DC - Paolo Maldini, AC Milan, Italy



MC - Roy Keane - Nottingham Forest, Man Utd, Celtic, Ireland

MC - Hoddle - Spurs, Monaco, Chelsea, Swindon, England

MC - Michel Platini - Nancy, St Etienne, Juventus, France



ST - Lionel Messi, Barcelona, Argentina.

ST - Dennis Bergkamp - Ajax, Inter, Arsenal, Holland

ST - Eusebio - Benfica, Portugal

2 full backs ?

 

[Gravy12]

Did you mean Simon Carlos the Albanian full back?

 

[Gravy12]

Totti and Maldini.... sorry

Barry... why the disagree?

 

[LSUY]

Decided to make it harder for myself and only go for players I can remember watching so all will be from 1995 onwards.

GK - Jose Luis Chilavert - Chile, Real Zaragoza, Strasbourg

DF - Paolo Maldini - Italy, AC Milan
DF - Philipp Lahm - Germany, Bayern Munich
DF - Vincent Kompany - Belgium, Man City

MF - Pavel Nedved - Czech Rep, Sparta Prague, Lazio, Juventus
MF - Dunga - Brazil, Fiorentina, VfB Stuttgart
MF - Luka Modric - Croatia, Tottenham, Real Madrid
MF - Ryan Giggs - Wales, Man Utd

ST - Dennis Bergkamp - Holland, Ajax, Inter Milan, Arsenal
ST - Lionel Messi - Argentina, Barcelona
ST - Alan Shearer - England, Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle

 

[Shadydan]

 

[Gravy12]

Did you mean Simon Carlos the Albanian full back?

It was a joke based on a previous one Tucker as both of your full backs played for Real