#2 Thiago Alcantara
Playing for Bayern Munich has its ups and downs. The positives are that the players are playing for a team that win the league by February or March. The gulf between Bayern and the rest is so much that the other teams have no chance whatsoever.
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And that is where the negatives come. When a player does well for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, it is almost often overlooked because of it.
But even then, the fact that Thiago Alcantara has become one of those almost-forgotten players after joining the Bavarians is a testament to the claim made earlier. Last season, the Spaniard was the best midfielder in the world along with Luka Modric.
This season, he has been injured for the most of it, but even when he was at his peak last season, it didn’t create as many waves as it should have.