El reconocido diario británico The Guardian convocó a 11 expertos del fútbol internacional para realizar un ranking que encabeza Lionel Messi y cierra el brasileño Paulinho.
Al argentino, en tanto, le continúan en el top ten Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Radamel Falcao, Robin Van Persie, Andrea Pirlo, Yaya Touré y Edinson Cavani.
El listado completo elaborado por The Guardian:
1- Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
3- Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)
4- Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
5- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG)
6- Radamel Falcao (Atlético de Madrid)
7- Robin Van Persie (Manchester United)
8- Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)
9- Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
10- Edinson Cavani (Napoli)
11- Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
12- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
13- Neymar (Santos)
14- Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
15- Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
16- Thiago Silva (PSG)
17- Mezut Özil (Real Madrid)
18- David Silva (Manchester City)
19- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
20- Gianluiggi Buffon (Juventus)
21- Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
22- Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
23- Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
24- Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
25- Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
26- Willian (Shakhtar)
27- Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
28- Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
29- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
30- Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
31- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
32- Juan Mata (Chelsea)
33- Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
34- Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
35- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
36- Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona)
37- Oscar (Chelsea)
38- Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk)
39- Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
40- Gareth Bale (Tottenham)
41- Javier Zanetti (Inter de Milán)
42- Daniele De Rossi (Roma)
43- Dani Alves (Barcelona)
44- Petr Cech (Chelsea)
45- Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
46- Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
47- Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)
48- Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
49- Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenua)
50- Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
51- Marcelo (Real Madrid)
52- Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan)
53- Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)
54- Samuel Eto’o (Anzhi)
55- Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
56- Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich)
57- Arturo Vidal (Juventus)
58- Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
59- James Rodríguez (Porto)
60- Marouane Fellaini (Everton)
61- Ramires (Chelsea)
62- David Villa (Barcelona)
63- Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Schalke)
64- Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)
65- Joe Hart (Manchester City)
66- Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
67- Mario Balotelli (Manchester City)
68- Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
69- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint Etienne)
70- Robert Lewandoski (Borussia Dortmund)
71- Hernanes (Lazio)
72- Pedro (Barcelona)
73- Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
74- Christian Eriksen (Ajax)
75- Ezequiel Lavezzi (PSG)
76- Joao Moutinho (Porto)
77- Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich)
78- Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
79- David Luiz (Chelsea)
80- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
81- Victor Wanyama (Celtic)
82- Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa (Monpellier)
83- Hulk (Zenit)
84- Darijo Srna (Shakhtar)
85- Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton)
86- John Terry (Chelsea)
87- Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus)
88- Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
89- Javier Pastore (PSG)
90- Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar)
91- Moussa Dembélé (Tottenham)
92- Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle)
93- Samir Nasri (Manchester City)
94- Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United)
95- Wesley Sneijder (Inter de Milán)
96- Pepe (Real Madrid)
97- Marek Hamsik (Napoli)
98- Javi Martínez (Bayern Munich)
99- Diego Forlán (Inter de Brasil)
100- Paulinho (Corinthians)
