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LFC fans used to sing of having the best MF in the world with Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard and Momo Sissoko.

Which team can claim this today?

IMO it has to be Madrid: Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Kovacic, Llorente, and now Ceballos .
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No! It was to be Chelsea. Thru my blue tinted glasses.
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Lager-back wrote:No! It was to be Chelsea. Thru my blue tinted glasses.
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Can we have a serious discussion please?
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txj wrote:LFC fans used to sing of having the best MF in the world with Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard and Momo Sissoko.

Which team can claim this today?

IMO it has to be Madrid: Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Kovacic, Llorente, and now Ceballos .
So they got this kid, and for 18M euros as well....wow.

Yes, they have the best midfield. Barca will likely still outplay them though...I wish Ceballos had signed for Barca sha but that was always remote given his dislike for the entire Catalonia separatist movement.
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Hard to see past Real Madrid. Bayern has a really good one too....thiago, rudy, tolisso, vidal, kimmich, renato sanches. Also, while BVB's team is young, I really really like the talent there (pulisic, bender, sahin, mor, gotze, guerreiro, dahoud).

I like Napoli's midfield as well but it's thin.

This is a really tricky question txj. Hard to go past Madrid though, based on past performance. It's one thing having the individuals, it's another thing getting them to play as a unit and Real has past precedence working on their behest.
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Madrid. With or Without Ceballos. BTW while Liverpool used to sing they had the. best midfield in the world. They didn't!!! :taunt:
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Skylolo wrote:
txj wrote:LFC fans used to sing of having the best MF in the world with Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard and Momo Sissoko.

Which team can claim this today?

IMO it has to be Madrid: Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Kovacic, Llorente, and now Ceballos .
So they got this kid, and for 18M euros as well....wow.

Yes, they have the best midfield. Barca will likely still outplay them though...I wish Ceballos had signed for Barca sha but that was always remote given his dislike for the entire Catalonia separatist movement.
Wow so you could not wish him sign for beloved and Wenger but Barca?So you wish good thing for Barca but not Beloved ?SMH
18 million for him,beloved would have pay 20 and cash from the way we spree money this days :atc:
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Skylolo wrote:
txj wrote:LFC fans used to sing of having the best MF in the world with Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard and Momo Sissoko.

Which team can claim this today?

IMO it has to be Madrid: Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Kovacic, Llorente, and now Ceballos .
So they got this kid, and for 18M euros as well....wow.

Yes, they have the best midfield. Barca will likely still outplay them though...I wish Ceballos had signed for Barca sha but that was always remote given his dislike for the entire Catalonia separatist movement.
Wow so you could not wish him sign for beloved and Wenger but Barca?So you wish good thing for Barca but not Beloved ?SMH
18 million for him,beloved would have pay 20 and cash from the way we spree money this days :atc:
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Skylolo wrote:
txj wrote:LFC fans used to sing of having the best MF in the world with Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard and Momo Sissoko.

Which team can claim this today?

IMO it has to be Madrid: Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Kovacic, Llorente, and now Ceballos .
So they got this kid, and for 18M euros as well....wow.

Yes, they have the best midfield. Barca will likely still outplay them though...I wish Ceballos had signed for Barca sha but that was always remote given his dislike for the entire Catalonia separatist movement.
Or perhaps due to the fact that madrid has a better team, and is absolutely more stable? Why would anyone who has the chance to sign for madrid even consider that instability that is Barca? :lol: :lol:
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Madrid

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Rafael Benitez 03 Jun, 2015 04 Jan, 2016
Carlo Ancelotti 25 Jun, 2013 01 Jun, 2015
Jose Mourinho 27 May, 2010 03 Jun, 2013
Manuel Pellegrini 01 Jun, 2009 15 May, 2010
Juande Ramos 09 Dec, 2008 31 May, 2009
Bernd Schuster 01 Aug, 2007 09 Dec, 2008
Fabio Capello 06 Jul, 2006 31 May, 2007
Vanderlei Luxembourgo 30 Dec, 2004 05 Dec, 2005
Mariano Garcia Remon 01 Jul, 2004 30 Dec, 2004
Jose Antonio Camacho 01 Jun, 2004 01 Jul, 2004
Carlos Queiroz 25 Jun, 2003 31 May, 2004
Vicente del Bosque 01 Jul, 2000 23 Jun, 2003



Barca:

Ernesto Valverde (2017-) ...
Luis Enrique Martínez (2014-2017) ...
Gerardo 'Tata' Martino (2013-14) ...
Tito Vilanova (2012-2013) ...
Josep Guardiola (2008 - 2012) ...
Frank Rijkaard (2003-2008) ...
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Chelsea had Mikel, Lampard, Maka, Ballack, Deco Essien, Ramires ....I doubt any can match that
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@Tx, granted Madrid may have the best midfield, but what of the best defence and attack, who tops these pops?
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spastic wrote:Madrid. With or Without Ceballos. BTW while Liverpool used to sing they had the. best midfield in the world. They didn't!!! :taunt:
We'll probably need a separate mess hall for our midfielders.
It was that the pasillo was followed by a paseo - a walk in the park. That Madrid ran out 4-1 winners and lead Barcelona by 17 points, that Barcelona can no longer get second place and could only watch as Ruud van Nistelrooy and Higuaín scored with their first touches, as Mahamadou Diarra ran rings around their midfield and as the Bernabéu roared "¡olé!" That Joan Laporta listened to fans - Madrid fans - chanting: "Laporta please stay!"


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