Unless I'm missing something, EUFA have named ztheir top 10 players, and yet again show what absolute gooses they are. Here are the top 10 according to EUFA Top 3. Messi, Ribery, Ronaldo. Order not yet decided. 4 Lewandowski 5 Robben 6 Muller 7 Bale 8 Schweinstiger 9 Ibrahimovich 10 Van Persie. So according to Eufa, Lewandowski, Robben and Muller, let alone Messi ,Ronaldo and Ribery, are all BETTER than Bale !!!!!!! Yeah, right. Maybe someone should tell Real Madrid they're trying to spend 100 mill on the wrong player. !!!! Then add Schweinstiger Ibrahamovich and Van Persie , and they are all are better than Mata !!! Unbelievable. And not one defender in Europe is in the top 10 according to EUFA. For my money, you can take out Ribery, Lewandanski,Robben, Muller, Schweinsteiger,Ibrahimvich, and you would get 4 players who ARE in the top 10. The rest are all good also rans.
This is not a top ten players in Europe, this is a top ten players in Europe in the 2012/2013 season. Bale had a great season, and pretty much the whole Bayern squad had exceptional seasons, it's hard to argue that Ribery, Lewandowski, Robben, Muller and Schweinsteiger didn't had incredible seasons. While Bale is the player you'd want in your team long term, you can see why these players deserve credit for the last 12 months of football they've played...
Wasn't it voted for by sports journalists, so not just some UEFA suit. I think Ribery might be my choice, and in the spirit of actually recognising some defenders, Lahm.
Robben is an interesting one, he hardly played. To be fair though, I would probably have Schweinsteiger, Zlatan and RvP ahead of Mata.
I'd have Morgan Schneiderlin in there personally. But keep it quiet. Actually, I wouldn't slate anyone on that list.
It's a list from a range of journalists who are unlikely to have watched every game in every major league. So a lot of it ends up being based on performances in the big matches during the knock out rounds of the champions league. As a result Robben is in the list based on the semi final against Barcelona where he was exceptional.
I've never understood the Ribery love tbh, seen him play lots of times and he can be great but more often than not is poor. I would put him on a similar level to Robben
Bale is a very good player and may even become a great player, but his price has been massively inflated as he is in a tug o'war. European clubs (despite often being in a bad financial way) have a history of buying at least one big player a season to appease fans. Can understand why Bale isn't in this list.
