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.
8. RAUL - The Spaniard is the top scorer in Champions League history (a competition he's won three times with Real Madrid). He's also Spain's leading scorer of all time. An absolutely world-class player who it's easy to overlook, so perennial has he been in the last decade and a half.707311
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.