I remember it from the time, he thought it would offend Lazio fans more to go to Juventus. There was also some issue with Alessandro Moggi being his agent, which the FIGC dragged into an issue.
That's good to know, I forgot that part, but we couldn't afford Nesta's transfer fee either.
Cannavaro defansive performance during the WC2006 are probably the best WC performance of all time. He was like a bull, absolutely unbeatable. As the tournament was progressing he was only getting stronger and stronger.
But his peak lasted only 2-3 years.
On the other hand Nesta was more consistent, and he was on the same level for 10 years.
Cannavaro at his best was better than Nesta at his best. But Nesta was more consistent.
Nesta and Cannavaro both were great for more than 10 years (sans Canna's two yrs at Inter). Needless to say, Cannavaro was great at Parma. Young Canna did very well at Napoli even. Nesta was always the better CB. There wasn't a huge gap in quality between the two, but it was clear that Nesta was better. Cannavaro's performance in WC 2006 is the best ever defensive performance in a WC, but that doesn't overall make him better than Nesta. It was one tournament in two long, illustrious careers.
Del Piero – Trezeguet
Nedved – Davids – Pirlo – Pogba – Zambrotta
Chiellini – F. Cannavaro – L. Thuram
Buffon
Neddie at WB wouldn't work. And Ferrara > Chiellini

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May I suggest:
Buffon
Thuram Ferrara Cannavaro Zambrotta
Pogba Pirlo Davids
Nedved
Trezeguet Del Piero
Peak Vidal could replace one of Pogba and Davids, esp the latter, but he has been a prick lately.