I agree with Ramos being the best defender of his generation, I think it's hard to argue he isn't. He's clearly the integral piece of a very strong Real Madrid and Spain NT back line. Just recently he had a monster performance against Juventus in a CL final where he and his partners physically abused Higuain and Dybala to complete humiliation, both of them lost like every ball played their way in the 2nd half, how many defenders have you seen doing that to those 2?
What is his competition, Bonucci, Chiellini? After this CL final and Spain-Italy 2012 it's hard to take their side in this argument, their mistakes were very costly in those 2 finals. Thiago Silva who spent most of his career in Ligue 1? Kompany who's trophy cabinet is almost empty if you take away Mickey Mouse competitions? Maybe Boateng is worth consideration, but despite being an amazing defender the guy also makes amazingly stupid mistakes and is not the leader Ramos is for club and country
Ramos is a cretin (like most La Liga stars) and not a very elegant defender, but the guy is a monster physically, always shows up in the bigger games and is insanely clutch with his headers, he'd be in the RM starting 11 no matter who they signed.