Click through the gallery below to check out Who Ate All the Pies’ list of The 10 greatest players of the last decade. Once you’ve done that, I’d love to hear your Top 10s.
9. CLARENCE SEEDORF - Has improved every team he has played in. A Champions League winner on four occasions and with three different clubs (Real Madrid twice, AC Milan and Ajax), the Dutch midfielder fully deserves to be mentioned alongside the greats of the last ten years - the fact that he is often not cited in such debates remains a mystery to me.349896
So, no English players in there, though in any list of honourable mentions I would find room for Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
Anyway, agree/disagree with my choices?
PS. This list was partly inspired by the Guardian’s current Joy of Six on the same subject. I say partly, as I had planned something similar weeks ago, but forgot about it.