by Tweesus Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:22 pm
Since 1888 wrote:Deisler said he could play for any club in the world. Which I think isn't such a strange thing to see since Sneijder plays for one of the best clubs and vdVaart is better.
Craig Gordon could get into Barca and Arsenal's team using the same logic.
Does that make him world class? No...
He didn't say he was THE best, he certainly is one of them though.
Well, to play in any team in the world you certainly have to be up there. World Class implies you're one of the best 20 or so best footballers on the planet. Is he really THAT good? Top 50 maybe, but not top 20 for me. He's therefore not world class in my book, and wouldn't make every team.
vdVaart has his minus, being injury prone but on form I can't think of many playmakers who are better.
Let me help you: Lucho Gonzales, Scholes, Cesc, Juan Roman Riquelme, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Messi, Totti, Iniesta.
Maybe you should watch the Bundesliga a bit more, you might not laugh again when one of the best players of that league is called world class. It really isn't such a strange statement to make.
Is Celtic's Nakamura also world class then?
Or how about Afonso Alves or Mathusalem?
Just because a player is one of the best in a certain league, doesn't make them world class.