Ranking the top 10 right backs in the world

#8 Thomas Meunier (PSG)

Meunier has had to be patient at PSG

They say competition is healthy for players, and this has certainly been the case for Meunier. Despite his undoubted talents, Meunier still isn’t the first choice at PSG and he has had to be content with a squad rotation role alongside Dani Alves. He has appeared just 44 times in Ligue 1 over the past two seasons but is still a much better player than he was when he made the move to Paris from Club Brugge in 2016.

Much like Alves, he is much more comfortable in advanced areas, which was shown by how well he played for Belgium at right wing back at the World Cup in Russia this summer. With Alves approaching the final years of his career, Meunier will be given more chances in the PSG side in the near future, and he will only get better with the increased opportunities. He will need to improve defensively as he gets older, because although that side of his game isn’t questioned too much domestically, it will be vital in European competitions, and that is where PSG’s ambitions really lay.