Best player from supporter view

Posted under: Soccer, Sports

Who is the best soccer player of all time? I am sure this is really really baffling question plaguing the minds of all the soccer players. Lets try and sort this dilemma.

Net, Goal on the Field, Who is the best of them all? If the goal posts of all the major soccer stadiums in the world were to speak, I wonder who according to them would be the best soccer player or soccer players in the world? It is going to be a toughie of a question, I am sure. But for some time let us imagine that the goal posts of the best and most popular stadiums in the world are giving their opinions. Who, would be the king of the soccer pitch according to them? That is who is the best soccer player of all time in the view of Mecca(s) of soccer?
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Lionel Messi

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Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been named European Player of the Year and won the Ballon d’Or

Messi has beaten the world’s most expensive player, Christiano Ronaldo, by a massive margin to be named the European Player of the Year, and win the coveted Ballon d’Or. The Argentine reversed the result of last year, when he came second to Ronaldo, by securing an extraordinary 473 out of an available 480 points compared to the Portuguese winger’s 233.
The competition, which began in 1956, is run by France Football and aims to discover the player who has performed best in the past calendar year. The result is decided by polling journalists from all over the world. Messi is the first Argentine to win the award, which was opened up to non Europeans in 1995, as two-time winner Alfredo di Stéfano had already acquired Spanish citizenship by the time of his victories.
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Best English Football Players

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As the England squad at the 2010 World Cup fail to live up to expectations, here are some of the best England players of all time

Though England’s current crop of players appear to be underachieving at the 2010 World Cup, a great number of English footballers have achieved legendary status in representing their country. The current England side may contain some players who go on to achieve a similar status as these greats as international footballers; however that would require a vast improvement as the 2010 tournament progresses. Of course this is not a subject without debate as there are several candidates who can claim to be amongst England’s greatest so here are just four of the best English footballers of all time:
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Highest Paid Players in the NFL

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In researching information for this article, the latest data for the presentation of the highest salaries in the NFL is for the 2008 season. It should be noted that this list changes from year to year. Also, the salary cap imposed by the NFL commission increases from year to year. The salary cap is the amount of money an NFL team can spend on salaries for their players per year. The salary cap has progressively increased year by year since its inception back in 1994.

The NFL salary cap, as negotiated by the players Union in the current collective bargaining agreement, is 62.24% of all football related revenue divided by 32 teams. For the 2009 season that figure is 128 million dollars.
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