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Rodley Mariner
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I'm sure some have seen this but it originated from a Jamie Carragher tweet. Challenge is to pick the best XI who have played professionally in your lifetime but every club and country can only be represented once. So if you pick Cristiano Ronaldo you can't have another Portuguese or anybody who has played for Sporting Lisbon, Man Utd, Real Madrid or Juventus. Any formation you want.

I was born in 1979. I went with a 4-2-3-1 with the a Keegan style '"we'll score one more than you" mentality.

Oliver Kahn

Giuseppi Bergomi
Lucas Radebe
Vincent Kompany
Ashley Cole

Graeme Souness
Dunga

Kylian M'Bappe
Diego Maradona
Cristiano Ronaldo

Marco Van Basten

It's harder than it sounds. Let's see your teams and why you think they'd beat mine.
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A brave decision to omit Messi.

I think I'd manage to miss out any other Argentines/Barcelona players to include him. Maradona obviously a good player, but not consistently to the level of Messi. Same goes for Ronaldo.

Problem there is that the best defender I've ever seen was Thuram yet he's played for Juventus which would clash with Ronaldo!

No time to try and work out my team, unfortunately. I'd imagine it would take ages to cross-reference every player to avoid clashes.
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Quoted from Rodley Mariner
I'm sure some have seen this but it originated from a Jamie Carragher tweet. Challenge is to pick the best XI who have played professionally in your lifetime but every club and country can only be represented once. So if you pick Cristiano Ronaldo you can't have another Portuguese or anybody who has played for Sporting Lisbon, Man Utd, Real Madrid or Juventus. Any formation you want.

I was born in 1979. I went with a 4-2-3-1 with the a Keegan style '"we'll score one more than you" mentality.

Oliver Kahn

Giuseppi Bergomi
Lucas Radebe
Vincent Kompany
Ashley Cole

Graeme Souness
Dunga

Kylian M'Bappe
Diego Maradona
Cristiano Ronaldo

Marco Van Basten

It's harder than it sounds. Let's see your teams and why you think they'd beat mine.



It’s like a rabbit warren. Head hurts...

But to remove the Radebe problem could you not switch him, Kahn and Bergomi for Chilavert, Berti Vogts, Hyypiä for instance. Anyone but Radebe. Zhang Enhua CDAJATL
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Born in 1977 and just seen Pele stopped playing for Cosmos in that year. Going to have a crack at this during the day. Thinking Pat Jennings or Neville Southall as a keeper. Can't have Zhang Enhua because that would prevent me having Ben Chapman at left back!!!!


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I'm guessing country refers to the national team they played for and so I can't get Matt Le Tissier in as Guernsey? 😀


JESUS AT THE CENTRE
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Born in 1977 and just seen Pele stopped playing for Cosmos in that year. Going to have a crack at this during the day. Thinking Pat Jennings or Neville Southall as a keeper. Can't have Zhang Enhua because that would prevent me having Ben Chapman at left back!!!!


Apparently George Best was playing professionally into the early 80's?!  
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I'm guessing country refers to the national team they played for and so I can't get Matt Le Tissier in as Guernsey? 😀


I reckon so otherwise might lead to a lot of research into birthplaces of many French internationals! 😂
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Balls  

I did try this last week but found it infuriating and gave up. Will give it another shot (I was born in 1923 btw )


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Here goes-

3    2    3     2

Southall

Lahm
Kompany
Facchetti

Hoddle
Rijkaard

Best
Maradona
Eusebio

Pele
Mbappe

My head is spinning. You dare pull me up on something Rodley!!!!!


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Some goals in that team isn't there?!
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