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.
2. RONALDINHO - More talent in his little toe than most professional players have in both feet. If he let himself go for a couple of seasons, so what - I would rather remember the middle part of the 2000s, when he really turned on the style for Brazil and Barcelona, making up new moves on the spot and playing with a huge smile on his face. Was there ever a player who was more enjoyable to watch?3938412
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.