Football players typically possess a key attribute (Arjen Robben and his left foot, anyone) around which they build their game. Which got us to thinking: What if you could mix and match the individual skills of today's world-beaters to create the ultimate footballer, the perfect weapon in both attack and defence? We think it would look something like this:
Mind: Philipp Lahm
Pep Guardiola once called him "perhaps the most intelligent player I have ever trained in my career" and he's coached a few of the best at Bayern and Barcelona.