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Scifo was the best player of WC 1990 with Matthaus imo. As I recall he did want to remain Italian at first, but the Belgian FA pressed him to take Belgian citizenship. Imagine our line-up with him in the squad, though : Zenga - Bergomi, Ferri, Baresi, Maldini - Donadoni, Ancelotti...

Interesting list, Denco. Im surprised to see Scifo ranked so high, for I think the greatest Belgian ever has to be Paul Van Himst. Jan Ceulemans was good too. I also note you did not include Breitner, who has won everything there is to win with Bayern and West Germany and who I think is...

I see my list has sparked a lively debate.

I was bored so I thought I'd revive this thread by making my own personal list of the best 50 European players from the past 50 years. Two remarks : 1) I did not include players such as Nordahl or Hidegkuti for they reached their prime in the early 50's, i.e. more than 50 years ago...

Zidane surely did not steal anything, but then again seeing Cruyff or Beckenbauer grabbing the first place would certainly not have been outrageous either. Thinking of it, it really comes down to one question : "What has changed in the game of football after this or that player?" Cruyff...

Maybe that's a very milanista point of view, but I agree.

So Super Marco did not make it to the top three after all. I can't say Im not disappointed, although the three that came ahead of him (Cruyff, Beckenbauer and Zidane - hopefully in that order)certainly deserve to be there. Had he not been forced to end his career prematurely, there is little...

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't Tardelli, Laudrup, Baggio, Rossi and Platini former Juventus players?

12) Rossi is probably too high, indeed. 11) Puskas could even be in the top ten as far as I am concerned. 10) agree 9) totally agree. Platini is the only player with Cruyff and Van Basten to have been awarded the Golden Ball 3 times. In fact, he is the best European player after those...

Hmm, I am flattered as a milanista that "Mr Treccine" aka Gullit is still remembered as a top player, but frankly I don't think he should be rated so high. This will sound repetitive, but there are at least 10 players in that list that should be ahead of him. At this point it shouldn't be...

That's true. I remember when he kind of missed a game once and the Gazzetta gave him 5,5 the following day (he would always receive 7), adding this comment : "incredible : Baresi is human!"

Underrated by whom, Denco? maybe by the Ballon d'or officials that made him come second twice when he should have won it (especially in 1989), but certainly not by the proper football fans. I mean, we even withdrew his legendary number 6 from Milan's shirts when he retired! 17th is not bad...

Not as good as he has been in my opinion. Franklin was too skilled to play as a defender, and although Van Basten and Gullit did receive most of the credit, they were very well aware that they owed a lot of it to the stability of Ancelotti and Rijkaard covering their backs and maintaining a...

I haven't see enough of Schuster and what I saw looked excellent, but would you put Schuster on the same level as Matthaus, Rumenigge, or Uwe Seeler? Granted, he was not given the chance to shine with the NT and was one of the stars of the Liga in the 80's, but at the end of the day he only won...

Well I do know those two : what the hell is Bernd Schuster doing ahead of Golden Ball winning and legendary Madrid from the 50's star Raymond Kopa ??

I understand that since Cruyff led the legendary Ajax of the early 70's to European glory he might have left a more profound mark in the hearts of the dutch fans, but from a strictly personal record point of view, Van Basten cannot be rated as just "way below him". Van Basten dominated the...