Is he GOAT of midfielder??

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le pass it to iniesta man
le never score man
le almost never assist man
le love barcelona but left the club and the very first offer lmao

Just a shit Jordan Henderson tb.h

He was the brain of the best team and national team ever

Iniesta is better

is he elite

> who is Zidane

windshield wiper

Busquets
Xavi-Iniesta
Messi
Probably the most press resistant midfield ever created

>implying a midfield of 4 N'golo Kantes wouldn't be better

Yes, but only because of his influence on games.

He was the original >le sideways pass man, but he was also a GOAT playmaker. He dictated the flow of the game (especially with Spain in the WC and Euro) and never gave up possession (also because he usually played the safest option 99.9% of the time.)

There may be better midfielders, but none IMO had the same influence he had in games.

>he doesn't rate Zidane

Strikers wouldn't get shit for service

His passing isn't bad at all

I don't care what Sup Forums says, I rate tiki-taka.

yeah who the fuck is he

The entire Spain midfield quartet individually is better than Zidane

he's levels above everyone else in his approach
It reminds me of watching good chess, keeping the tention and the advantage in the position, then the opportunity presents itself eventually and the killing pass is easy to make.
Sure a lot of players can dominate games now and then with their skill, but with Xavi it was guaranteed that his team would control everything. Most of the time he didn't need to show himself skilffull, he dominated by playing easy correct moves and sticking to the fundamentals

Boring as sin, oh wow you kept the ball, congrats

Zidane never had great talented midfielders to play with in the French team. He was alone

you do realize he played for Barcelona and Spain before Iniesta and co. were brought in?
guess what?
he was entirely average

Spain and Barca has been average since he left the teams

You have a very weird idea of "average" kek. Only maybe 2 clubs in the whole world are better than them

?? Have those teams won any meaningful titles since he left the teams??? Pls stop and think

He's pretty much the pleb filter of football opinions, underrated only because he played with the likes of Iniesta and Messi.

Hello, Mouyes.

fpbp

Only 2 seasons since Xavi left and Barcleona still won at least 2 titles each of these seasons

How is winning 6 titles in 2 years just "average"?

You can't be serious. No player has ever come close to what Zidane did on the pitch. He was capable of dribbling you without even moving. He controlled half of the field himself. Watching Zidane play was pure art.

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What's fedoresque about rating Zidane? He was objectively good

speaking truth is fedora tipping now ? Let me guess, are you 12 ? It feels like you've not experienced live what it was like to see him play.

It truly felt like a gift to be lucky enough to see someone play like he did.

xavi could come back today and be a starter in barcelona midfield

How do Barcelona fans feel about Xavi? Don't you dislike him a bit for leaving Barcelona for Arab money?

Xavi is like 50 years old. There is a reason why he left in the first place

>Don't you dislike him
lmao
>Arab money
like the sponsors of most top clubs?

>There is a reason why he left in the first place
game time and money

he's still a better midfielder than anybody that came after, and he could easily be at barcelona bench and start plenty of games

t. underage

Not winning everything with Messi in your team is a fucking failure, even if the paki marketing is favouring massive refball for TSU's team. HOW the fuck can you NOT win everything with the best player ever on your team?

>HOW the fuck can you NOT win everything with the best player ever on your team?
When you have shit players in other positions: see our NT

Hey, Magnus.

Isn't that the point of midfield?

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He actually had lots of offers but only left when rakitic replaced him

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die fedora posters

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Wesley Sneijder from 2009 through 2011 played some of the greatest football ever before seen. A truly incredible talent, who bursted onto the scene with a bang, setting the European game on fire. However, the flame engendered by his incredible performances was extinguished by the sands of time.

Sneijder therefore is, sadly, no more than a footnote in the long history of European football.

It’s posts like these that make you really really despise messi asslickers.

he didn't "bursted" onto shit, he was great at Ajax

Not rating Zidane is a sure sign or being underage