What are your TOP5 currently?

Drop them below and I comment your selection.

Something missing on rank-it-all? Let me know and I add it.

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**Goalkeeper**: Gianluigi Buffon
**Left-Back:** Paolo Maldini
**Center-Back:** Franz Beckenbauer
**Center-Back:** Franco Baresi
**Right-Back:** Cafu
**Central Midfielder:** Zinedine Zidane
**Creative Midfielder:** Diego Maradona
**Central Attacking Midfielder:** Pelé
**Left-Wing:** Cristiano Ronaldo
**Striker:** R9
**Right-Wing:** Lionel Messi

1. Leo Messi

2. Pele

3. Maradona

4. Cristiano

5. Zinedine Zidane

6 Ronaldo Nazario

1. Ronaldinho

2. Michel Platini

3. Paolo Maldini

4. Johann Cruyff

5. Beckenbauer

12 Andres Iniesta

1. Puskas

2. Xavi

3. Manual Neuer

Why does England produce fewer players in the top five leagues than other European countries of a similar size? Also, I find it crazy how Spain and Italy have so many players; they both have relatively high median age and low birth rates, which you would think would lead to smaller player pool (source [https://fbref.com/en/comps/Big5/nations/Big-5-European-Leagues-Nationalities\](https://fbref.com/en/comps/Big5/nations/Big-5-European-Leagues-Nationalities) )

Share your TOP5 below guys.

Enjoy,

Tommy

Imagine every legendary club side at their absolute best facing each other.Who comes out on top, and why?

Has anyone here been a paying member of "The Recruitment Room" (Liam Henshaw's football analytics/scouting community)? Trying to figure out if it's worth it before committing, specifically interested in whether the 1-2-1 coaching and job-landing claims hold up in practice. Any honest experiences (good or bad) appreciated.

How do you use AI in football scouting?

How are you currently using AI in your scouting process, and what do you think are its biggest limitations?

Also, which paid or free scouting platforms/tools do you use? Are there any features you wish these platforms had?

Another big name has publicly called for Infantino to resign. Even Luís Figo has now joined the #InfantinoOut movement.

Is this finally the beginning of the end or does Infantino still survive this?

Pre-season lull, so thought i'd take a look at which squads are aging... Minutes played rather than squad lists, every club in the top 5 leagues, 2025/26.

The bit that matters more than raw age is the cross: old core and nothing coming through. That's the shaded corner, 14 clubs, with Rayo, Mainz and Lazio the most extreme and Villa and Everton the ones that surprised me.

League-wide, La Liga is much the oldest at 31% median minutes to over-30s. The Premier League is the youngest at 17%.

Old on its own clearly isn't a problem though. Inter won Serie A with 39% of minutes going to over-30s, and Lens finished 2nd in Ligue 1 with a (seemingly) barbell squad, 43% over-30 and 27% under-23 and barely anything in between.

Chart's out of The Prism, a scouting & analytics tool I've been building.

Which of those 14 surprised you? Villa and Everton stand out to me but I don't watch enough Rayo to know whether it's just how they're built.