wayodude:


What is the meaning of world-class?

By my definition no Nigerian player is world-class.

Salah is world-class
Mane is world-class
Those are the only African world-class players in my book.

Aubemeyang is not world-class
Koulibaly is not world-class

They are the other Africans closest to being world class but not quite there yet.

komekn:


I would TOTALLY DISAGREE with you. The things players, agents and club staff have told me about Manager's if made public. If made public by an individual that person could get sued for defamation.

So there is a unwritten code of silence in these matters.

You have Kenny saying extremely good things about a player he has known and coached for several years. That opinion is strengthened by the interest expressed in him by multiple EPL clubs and a call up to camp with England first team.

Within days of the arrival of Nuno he is immediately frozen out not even allowed to train with the first team.

What would you call that nothing said by Nuno, just s deafening silence, but his actions say a thousand words.

isan:
Son is world class

mank1234:


I want to believe you're a Liverpool supporter! Where was Mane when Aubameyang won African footballer of the year? Probably world class means playing for Liverpool!!!

iSlayer2:
Kalidiou Koulibaly isn't world class. Okay.. Auba is not world class and Salah is not world class too, perhaps.


Comedy show.

wayodude:


What is the meaning of world-class?

By my definition no Nigerian player is world-class.

Salah is world-class
Mane is world-class
Those are the only African world-class players in my book.

Aubemeyang is not world-class
Koulibaly is not world-class

They are the other Africans closest to being world class but not quite there yet.

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unicorn79:
Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Zidane, Shevchenko, C Rinaldo, Messi and Iniesta.


Guys kindly list your best 3 players from the list above.

Mine are;

1. Messi
2. Ronaldinho
3. De Lima Ronaldo



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unicorn79:
Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Zidane, Shevchenko, C Rinaldo, Messi and Iniesta.


Guys kindly list your best 3 players from the list above.

Mine are;

1. Messi
2. Ronaldinho
3. De Lima Ronaldo



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edi287:

If Koulibaly is not world class, then all the CBs in epl barring Van Dijk are not world class

edi287:

If Koulibaly is not world class, then all the CBs in epl barring Van Dijk are not world class

TheGoodJoe:


For a player to be tagged World Class, the player has to be performing at the highest level for at least 10 years.

Most of this players tagged World Class are top quality players, not World class.

Even Van Dijk isn't. He is a top quality player. If he continues with this form for at least a decade, then we can tag him and the others World class.

Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Ribery, Robben etc. Players who dominated the game for a decade or more. That is playing at the highest level for a long time.

With this, Aubameyang and the others are not World Class players. Certainly, top quality.

TheGoodJoe:


For a player to be tagged World Class, the player has to be performing at the highest level for at least 10 years.

Most of this players tagged World Class are top quality players, not World class.

Even Van Dijk isn't. He is a top quality player. If he continues with this form for at least a decade, then we can tag him and the others World class.

Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Ribery, Robben etc. Players who dominated the game for a decade or more. That is playing at the highest level for a long time.

With this, Aubameyang and the others are not World Class players. Certainly, top quality.

TheGoodJoe:


For a player to be tagged World Class, the player has to be performing at the highest level for at least 10 years.

Most of this players tagged World Class are top quality players, not World class.

Even Van Dijk isn't. He is a top quality player. If he continues with this form for at least a decade, then we can tag him and the others World class.

Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Ribery, Robben etc. Players who dominated the game for a decade or more. That is playing at the highest level for a long time.

With this, Aubameyang and the others are not World Class players. Certainly, top quality.

Icon4s:


For at least 10 years?

Meaning Mbappe, Neymer, Mane, Hazard, Salah and co are not world class abi?

Icon4s:


For at least 10 years?

Meaning Mbappe, Neymer, Mane, Hazard, Salah and co are not world class abi?

tbaba1234:


10 years?

TheGoodJoe:


They are not World class players. Maybe except Hazard because he was up there as one of the best players in the World when he was at Lille. In a small club as that to pull off such brilliant performances, means he was operating at a very high level. Until now in Chelsea to me makes him a World class player.

Neymar has been up there too from his Santos days where he later became the best player in the whole of South America, to Barcelona and still doing his thing at PSG but, Neymar has not been up there up to ten years. However, in two or more years, if he keeps performing at a high level, he will be certainly a World class player.

So I can only point at Hazard.

andrew444:


So players must play for top level for 10 years ,that's all world class players must be 30 years old

I think you must be joking

If so the only world class players who are CB are pique,chellini,Ramos ,Thiago Silva,Godin the rest cbs must be carpenters

TheGoodJoe:


Some players at 18, they were already making high quality waves. From Neymar, Mbappe, Owen, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo De Lima (who became the best player in the World I think in his teens and won it back-to-back), Xavi, Iniesta etc. So a player must not be thirty before being World class.

Pique, Ramos, Busquets, Marcelo, these are World Class players.

If a player is not World class, it does not mean he is a carpenter.

We have World Class potential players. These are players showing World class qualities but the best term is top/high quality players. When they do it for a decade, then we can tag them World Class.

TheGoodJoe:


A decade at the highest level/performances. If not top quality. A young player like Messi when he burst into the scene had a Word Class potential. He could be excused when he won the World best three times. Same with CR7. Apart from these special instances. The likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Paul Scholes, Pirlo etc, became World class after a decade.

That is my personal yardstick. With that you can easily identify the World class players and those who are not.

De Bruyne isn't but David Silva is.

andrew444:


Which hazard at Lille ?hazard is world class, but please don't call hazard at Lille because he his average there

Is it the same Neymar that has made the balon d or top 3 for about 2/3 times ?

As far as the football world is concerned and not individual like me and you Neymar has been better than hazard in Europe almost all season barring injury

Is it the same hazard that is having his most prolific season this year ?

Nothing wey musa no go see for gate

Someone called Hazard world class and Neymar not .

Smh

Ozkar:
seriously? De Bruyne isn't? That means someone like Salah isn't either.

I think you are mixing up world class with having a legend status.

andrew444:


Neymar has been a world class player for more than 6 seasons now

The so called hazard has never even made balon d or top 5 ,Neymar has done that several times and you are here saying Neymar is not world class but hazard ?

Your opinion thou

If you call 100 people now and ask them if Neymar na world class ,I can bet you that 98 will say yes and only 2 will say no

But if it's hazard it's 60/40