#2 Leonardo Bonucci
Widely regarded as the best central defender in the game today – along with Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng – Leonardo Bonucci is the kind of one-in-a-million defender capable of carrying a team on his own.
He’s won every domestic title possible with Juventus and he continues to rule to roost in the Serie A week in and week out. He’s one of the best readers of the game currently and his inability to meet most strikers in pace is almost void. He knows positioning and he’s able to sniff out the danger better than most.
And he’s one of the hottest transfer targets in the world ever since word broke out that he’d be willing to leave the Old Lady for one massive paycheck before calling it a day. He’s only 29 and has time on his hands, but one long golden contract could end his lovely career on an even higher note.