Ranking the 10 best midfielders in the world

Real Madrid v Club Atletico de Madrid - UEFA Champions League Final
Real Madrid have perhaps the strongest midfield in world football

#8 Sergio Busquets

FC Barcelona v Deportivo Alaves - La Liga
Busquets was part of one of football's great midfields at Barcelona

Much like Casemiro, Busquets has perhaps been a victim of the success of the players around him. The Spaniard was part of one of the greatest midfields of all time, along with Xavi and Andres Iniesta. He wasn’t as talented as that pair, but he still played a massive part in that side’s success. He is still a very gifted player technically, just not as good as Iniesta or Xavi, who are probably two of the greatest midfielders we have seen.

Busquets reads the game as well as any midfielder in the world, and recovers the ball better than any other player in that Barcelona team. He won’t get the headlines, very much in the same way Casemiro won’t either, but he has proven his value to this Barcelona so many times over the last decade. He has won seven La Liga titles with Barcelona, as well as the Champions League three times.

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