#1 Luis Suarez
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Choosing between this top three is a bit like picking your favourite child. Rather than opting for the two beautiful, established kids everyone loves and adores, I’ve ultimately gone with the unorthodox, slightly young and newer option of Luis Suarez.
Take the machine-like physicality of Ronaldo, the aesthetic agility and finesse of Lionel Messi, Suarez matches both and adds an incomparable finishing ability to them. These attributes, along with an infectious work rate and often despised, rallying aggression, have been sharpened at clubs like Liverpool and Ajax, where the Uruguayan carried the burden of the respective clubs.
Barcelona is the first place where Suarez has had equally admirable talent surrounding him and he’s achieved things only few could have envisaged.
After winning the 2015/16 Golden Shoe ahead of the likes of Ronaldo and Messi with an incredible 40 goals, many thought that a new candidate was emerging as a potential threat to the perennial top two and they’d be right.
In 2016, Luis Suarez scored more league goals (37) than any other player in the top ten divisions across the continent and this season leads the way in La Liga in terms of goals and assists combined. Whatever the Ballon d’Or may argue, he was the most prolific player across the calendar year and it’s ultimately the form criteria which hands Suarez top spot.
The 29-year-old may only have two La Liga titles, one UEFA Champions League title and the League Cup with Liverpool as noteworthy successes to his name, but he has always been at the heart of any triumphs the clubs he’s been with have made.
Suarez went to Barcelona in 2014 a world-class player and he has tripled in terms of ability, success and attitude since.
