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#1 Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich)
Thiago Alcantara is one of the finest central midfielders in European football as he is highly creative and technically gifted. Since joining Bayern Munich in 2013 to link up with his former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, Thiago has matured and is at the pinnacle of his career.
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Thiago has excelled as a deep-lying playmaker for the Bavarians across his six-year stay with the German giants. His great passing technique and vision is well exhibited as he has averaged 91.6% passing accuracy in 16 Bundesliga appearances this season.
He replaced Fabregas in the Spain national team as the La Roja deep-lying playmaker and could do the same for Chelsea. Thiago has been linked with a move to Manchester City to be reunited with his former manager and the Blues should act quickly if they are to secure the signature of the former Barcelona midfielder.
