His ball knowledge is unmatched. I'm not a Liverpool fan but I genuinely love hearing everything he has to say, you can clearly tell he's still completely dedicated to the game albiet in a different manner now.

A genuine football historian would never put Mourinho above Sacchi smh

​@feelingspeed yes he would

@@feelingspeed he was right Jose is better

For me vidic better than van djk

lad, hes just old. he remembers all these managers

He literally forgot that Juventus used to fix games under Capello reign lmao

Van dijk over John Terry? 🤔

@@Shano_7Yes

@@psychobread1252 negative ball knowledge 😂

passion merchant

@@Fahim321 captaining the same team for 3 decades

​@@Fahim321ehhhh???

People living too much in nostalgia

@@HhHh-dn4cy I've watched tony adams play for arsenal in 96

Why would you hate on anyone just because you like arsenal? You're not a child.

No time mate @@_Highvalue_

@@_Highvalue_ another way to say what that commenter said is "Even though this guy goes after my club quite a lot and dismissed my manager immediately in this quiz, I can't hate on him, he knows his stuff." That's why he mentioned the club he supports, did that really not even cross your mind as you wrote your reply?

😂

Nah Phil jones the only answer.

wow thanks for reminding me of mustafi gonna go cry now

That’s World Cup winner Mustafi to you sunshine. Absolute goat

Mustafi clear tho

Probably because Hyppia over Stam would’ve been indefensible. I hate Terry as a person but he’s clearly the best defender this league has seen.

i was not happy he chose jaap over sami

@@sodapop83Loved Hyppia, great servant to the club but Staam was better. Our team was very mediocre in that era and the only trophies we won were nicked by Owen's sheer pace on counterattack

That's the little give for the future take.

@@Edyoucation-fe1qq Disagree completely, Virgil Van Dijk has been a revelation, for nobody to dribble past him in 18 months when he first arrived to only one player dribbling past him this season, I'm sorry but you can't ignore things like that, it's never been seen before for a defender to be that successful at his trade. Apart from club bias people will only say Terry or Rio etc for their medal hauls, but teams win trophies, players contribute, and Van Dijk has contributed far more to his team than any other defender this league has ever seen.

LOL … all those names are more than talent😂 but I LIKE 👍🏻 your comment

Exactly lol.

u right. The only thing is international management is quite random. It depends mostly on the players you have at the time. That Italy team was insane - buffon, cannavaro, pirlo, del piero etc.

exactly, how could they leave him out?

Julian Alvarez must be the 2023 ballon d'Or winner as he won the treble (EPL, UCL, FA Cup) and World Cup using ur logic

​@GOATMessuimere So u r saying that Lippi's career was like the last season of Alvarez?

Cry

But he chose sir Alex and pep over klopp so…..

He’s right tho

​@@Tjmufc765cos klopp was managing liverpool 30 years ago in 94...

@@watsappenin2865 rattled scouser

It is not the only team it is the last team who beats Madrid in a European final.

Er, Liverpool beat Madrid the European Cup final in 1981.

Chelsea beat Madrid in uefa super cup and uefa cup winners cup final.

inter milan too

Benfica beat them in the 62 final, Inter Milan in the 64 final and Liverpool in the 81 final. What are you talking about?

And yet Terry won trophies over prime Arsenal and prime United and a CL winning Liverpool. Whats your argument? VvD had 1 good season. Thats all

Btw he didnt invent the Rolls Royce defending, Rio was doing it before

@@BannyV19 Terry was lucky he played under a defensive Mourinho when they were outspending everyone, he had him defending on his 18 yard box. He couldn’t play a high line & we all saw what happened when he did. Got turned for pace easily and struggled.

@@BannyV19 Rio was never a leader nor had the passing range. Plus had a blooper reel bigger than anyone. Another lucky to play under Ferguson.

@rossisempre86 lol then clearly youre only 10. Rio was known for his passing range and tekkers for a defender. If youre too young, go watch his video compilations or read his player profile

neither has klopp tho n i'm a liverpool fan. Dortmund and Liverpool r not small teams. he got mainz promoted in 3rd place. still more impressive than winning the league with Barca with messi and xavi, Bayern and mega rich 115 charges fc tho, imo.

This is the same argument against Nessi and other great players and managers who started their careers right at the top and never built their reputations by being successful at smaller clubs. This is just a dumb argument as it implies being successful at a big is much easier, which is far from the case. Managers have a lot more room at smaller clubs than the two clubs where they have to deliver instant success. Also, it has been much tougher in the last twenty years or so for small clubs to succeed as football isn't as equal as it used to be. Days when a promoted could be champion in a couple of years are over. However, Leicester City did great in 2016. So, why is Ranieri not mentioned since he managed Leicester to the single greatest ac achievement we've seen in Premier League history? Or at the biggest shock. Arsenal's 2004 unbeaten season night is a greater achievement. Managers and players can only beat who is in front of them and not managing or playing for a small shouldn't make their achievement less. It's best to compare when they have equal or similar teams. It is like the old claim about Messi not being good since he never played at Stoke in the winter.

​@jack28aug not a single team in the epl has had more financial backing than City have. News flash - not all big teams come with bank accounts balance. Bayern are rich and always buy the best players within the league annually. Lewandowski was Klopp, Neuer, That list is long. Klopp is an underdog manager. He's a firm believer in developing players who are underrated. I dare say, klopp has never signed a world class player in their prime. Never ever.

Couldn't win the champion league with bayern

@@23293 so what? Winning the Champions League isn't an easy thing to do. Mourinho was at Real Madrid for the same number of years and he didn't win the Champions League either. Guardiola has been in four UCL finals and won three. Ancelotti has won one more and Guardiola is much younger than Ancelotti. The UCL is the hardest thing to win and there are a lot of factors that contribute to winning. Many great teams and managers don't win it or don't win it more than once.

he's a right back?

@@kibipennelli as a pundit...

His chilling with Kate

Getting his hair sprayed on😂

Henry’s underpants 😂

That penalty against kepa 😭

love to see some of the old lot play a high line

@@jnes624 90% of teams played a high line 15 years ago, 11 man behind the ball was never a thing 😂😂😂😂 now they do because they can’t defend

Imagine thinking Jose's Chelsea with played a high line@@kieranj1332 Villas boas came in and changed to a high line and John Terry looked like Dejan Lovren Parking the bus has always been a thing

@@kieranj1332 90% of the team ? LOL, you must be 10 years old talke about 15 years ago, funny

I think it would be fair to say that the United inherited by Sir Alex were pretty average at the time, which adds to his achievements

Stam said it coz he is a Dutch player ..

Max player says Rio and Terry are the best ever … what your point ?

@@dibeshshrestha9277 stam played for United too tho. Kompany definitely doesn’t have any connection to Liverpool either. Maldini also said the same

@@dibeshshrestha9277 Or because Van Dijk is the best defender the league's ever seen. Why is this statement so hard to be a true one for you?

@@darthpepe2994 coz I can name many players who are actually better than van dijk.. he is just hyped and Carragher named him as best coz he is a Liverpool player .. he still plays so there is a recently bias aswll .. u guys haven’t seen how good other players were .. and look at the strikers now .. they rubbish other than 2-3 ..

In a team that was entirely built around not conceding goals. At an individual level Van Dijk is better.

@@aVerySmugeaf if we're talking an individual level, vidic is miles ahead of VVD and has won more than him

@@GameVaultTrailer Vidic got carried by Rio. Man was as likely to get sent off as he was to put in a 10/10. I always found it odd that people put him in the conversation when he wasn't even the best CB in his team. Ferdinand was clear, Van Dijk is better than Ferdinand and Vidic.

@@JaiAnt-ui7ip are you only able to judge a player if they're the only one on the pitch? Sounds like a hard life being that silly.

@@GameVaultTrailer😂😂

Stam clear of all 3

Stam is better than all of them.

Stam might be better, but because of his suspension, most of the pundits wont consider him among the greats unfortunately

You’re forgetting how good van dijk was at Southampton

@@callumLB05 Yes, that was definitely at the level of a league winning side like Adams, Ferdinand and Terry did for nearly a decade

@@MrPeanut17lufc yes because you definitely didn’t just say that van dijk has only had 4-5 “good” seasons when in reality he’s been playing at a top level for nearly 10.

@@callumLB05 no he hasn't, don't be silly.. before joining Liverpool he was nowhere near the level of Terry, Adams or Ferdinand, he missed all of 20/21 season and was average at best, last season.

Football fans have a tendency to look at previous footballers especially english defenders and put them up as perfection but I watched all these players growing up and albeit excellent CB's but on a purely individual level VVD is just an all round better CB then all 3 in my opinion.

Nobody calls Thierry or Carra those names.

​@@SteveAustin-zv1nnim here thinkin JC23 .. .whos that guy😂

​@@SteveAustin-zv1nnpeople say Titi sometimes, JC23 on the other hand...

True but it would be hard for them to truly rate them

Nice joke, you should try stand up comedy

True , his prime year is too short but none of the great defenders on this list got his defending skills. I wish he this talent when he is 18 years old then nobody have doubt.

Facts…you put Pep and Klopp’s Dortmund and Liverpool teams and he doesn’t win anything

I know I've been hating him for ages but my resoect for him. Increased after this

Curious how you're taking Klopp over Wenger?

I'll be surprised if anyone prior to the 90s ever will be

@@JaiAnt-ui7ip quite juvenile of you. You must've been watching football through a kitchen window.

@@Poopinthestreet-pajeeeet this isn't about who's more successful

Eto'o scored over 30 goals and scored in the CL final during Pep's first season, but agree about the rest.

@@scaredmuffin6371 not the point the point is Pep wasn't established and made that statement he sent off deco zambrotta and others Eto'o proved himself and asked to stay it was worth it. Many other manager wouldn't tell Eto'o, zambrotta, deco and Dinho they aren't apart of their plans my brother. They'd gladly take all those legends in the squad

@@JaiAnt-ui7ip as I said name the established manager that was in his prime and took over a team like Sunderland, Burnley, Wolvesburg, Stuttgart etc... only established managers do this are managers like Jose Mourinho and rafa benitez after they've failed at big clubs and nearing the ending of their managerial career their last "Hoorah"

Underrated

Why should he? He never had the need to. Thats the point you guys are missing. It is disappointed that Caragher doesn't see stupid it is ti judge players and magaers for which tram they didn't mabage or play for. The sane argument apolies to Messi. For me Guardiola is the Messi of football. They both started at the very top and never had to go for smalker clubs yi prive themselves. Guardiola has literally managed three teans only and hadnt bern manager as long as the other greats. It's bot easy to manage Barca, Bayern and Man City and sert and keep sethi g bew stabdards that proves difficult for any to follow. Guardiola has dibe practicalky what every great manager has dine and he has done ina very dhor period comparatively. And wrre not simply talking about great nunbers and trophies. I'm taking about how he can reievent positions and creates that insisy on emposibg their style on their oppnents. Great managers like Ferguson, Wenger abd Mourinho alk bended their knee to his Barca, the nost dominant team team I've ever. From a footballing oiint of view it is about enposing yourself on the oppnebts and no team has been able to do tgat better Guardiola Barca. He also indurectly assissted dominant Spanish team which was nade up mostly of Barca team. Guardikka us the goat and will go down as the goat. Even putting aside his incredube record, i willl akways defend Guardiola because he is a football lover he isnt anti football unlike Mourinho. I nucg prefer mabagers who are forward thibking and play in open abd attack minded way and who will try ti enoose that on their oppositiin. I dislike mabagers who are so defebsive ninded and oark the bus and are risk averse. Defending all the time and hanging gir dear life. That kills it for the neutrals.

2009-12 barca is the greatest team to ever play the game and they were mediocre when pep joined and the entire squad combined is less than 100m so shut ur mouth

@@aryanulhas9775but Barca was not any average team by any measure😂

Guardiola creates dynasties, gives them a style , and leaves his mark. That's worth more than just winning. Many clubs spend that much money but don't win like pep does.

That's just a hypothetical. Much like the revisionism of Mourinho's UCL win with Porto, not forgetting the amount of players he had that won the Ballon d'Or/were in the World XI. It's world class players like Deco, Ricardo Carvalho etc. Why would Pep also go to a smaller team? Messi and Ronaldo wouldn't go to a small team to "prove" themselves. The best are for the best.

Please reply

Nonsense

​@@MikeGSKOnly the vvd take was somewhat bad, which was still valid if you ask me, other than that he was spot on

No chance, he looked good with Mourinhos Bus, Rio and VVD alot better.

@@WebleyCrusher c'mon that's nonsense and you know it. I'd put Rio and Virgil right behind him but John Terry was unreal on his day. Even with his lack of pace he made up for it with positioning and anticipation.

Is this a joke?

Yes and he beat real Madrid in the final the only team to do it.