The Bench XI - The world's best who aren't able to get a game

CB – Alex Song (Barcelona)

It was a brave move for Song to leave Arsenal, where he was the midfield general, and go to a team that was brimming with the best midfielders in the world. That gamble, it seems, has not paid off, as Song has spent more times in the confines of the bench than on the field, unable to break through the monopoly that Barca’s regulars enjoy.

Song has been linked with a move away from the club, and could be forced to switch clubs again in order to gain more first-team football.

Though he is a defensive midfielder, he has been pushed to a centre-half role to fit this team.