16 Apr 2020 13:04:45
So who has seen the name your 11 challenge going around?

Name the greatest World XI under these the rules:

• No two players from the same country

• No two can have played for the same club

• All eleven have to have played in your lifetime

Really tough challenge, as most great players have played for one or more of the top European sides, or come from the same country.

Here's my 11:

GK - Oliver Kahn
RB - Seamus Colesman
CB - Vincent Kompany
CB - Diego Godin
LB - Paolo Maldini
CDM - Claude Makelele
CM - Juninho Pernambucano
CM - Pavel Nedved
RW - Leo Messi
ST - Alan Shearer
LW - Ryan Giggs

Only one I'm not happy with is Coleman, but there is a lack of quality RB's. The issue kept being that the names I came up with either were from a top side where there was a better player in another position or a better player from the same country. People like Lahm, Cafu, Dani Alves, Javier Zanetti or Gary Neville would have meant players such as Kahn, Maldini, Juninho or Messi would miss out. Also realised that it's difficult to name someone who is either Spanish or Dutch as they have all played for either Real Madird, Barcelona, AC Milan or Juventus. Often at least two of them.

1.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:09:44
GK- Oblak
RB- Thuram
CB- Adams
CB- Kompany
LB- Maldini
RW- R. de Boer
CM- Keane
CM- Scholl
LW- Mané
ST- Drogba
ST- Son

This isn't that easy, too many great players switching between the better clubs.

2.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:22:00
Noticed I had a conflict between Thuram and de Boer, both having played for Barcelona, so I'll switch out de Boer for Figo, which is probably stronger anyway.

3.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:22:51
Ignore that, forgot about Barca, put in Ortega.

4.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 15:13:42
Oblak

Lahm
Nesta
Koulibaly
Roberto carlos

Keane
Gerrard
De Bruyne

Nedved
Messi
Mbappe.

5.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 18:05:50
Oblak

Lahm
Koulibaly
Kompany
Maldini

Makelele
Scholes
Salah
Abedi Pele

Drogba
Messi.

6.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 18:45:35
Yeah but they can't have played against each other either😁.

7.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 19:11:23
mbd, Drogba, Makelele and Salah have all played for Chelsea.

8.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 19:42:49
Oblak
Cafu
Danny Blind
Sammer
Robertson
Ribery
Daniele De Rossi
De Bruyne
Messi
Ronaldo Cristiano
Shearer

I’m sure someone will tell me if this doesn’t work! But if it does, what a team!

Great challenge.

9.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 20:17:41
Jennings
Coleman
Koulibaly
Godin
Maldini
Essien
De bruyne
Mane
Messi
Ronaldo
Shearer.

10.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 21:24:32
Ken, De Bruyne and Essien both Chelsea bud.

11.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 23:00:42
Rui Patricio (only because he's a Euro 2016 winner and I can't think of any one else)

Lahm
Jose Gimenez
Koulibaly
Robertson

Pirlo
De Bruyne
Milinkovic-Savic

M'bappe
Van Nistelrooy
Messi.

12.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 09:39:44
Thanks shappy
like u said a difficult task
Take 2

Oblak

Lahm
Koulibaly
Kompany
Maldini

Kante
Bergkamp
Cr7
Abedi Pele

Kane
Messi.

13.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 09:40:32
Ken Mane and Koulibaly?

14.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 12:09:58
Oblak

Lahm
Terry
Godin
Maldini

Zidane
De bruyne
Keano

Dalgleish
Bergkamp
Messi.

{Ed002's Note - De Bruyne and Terry played together.}

15.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 12:26:07
Oblak
Lahm
Adams
Van Dijk
Maldini
De Bruyne
Juninho Pernambucano
Stankovic
Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Mbappe.

16.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 12:29:15
So did Godin and Bergkamp!

Switch Terry for Marquinhos and Godin for Subotic.

17.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 02:48:21
Jennings and Coleman Ken?

18.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 15:24:50
Rwwd Cafu and de rossi both played at roma.

19.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 17:28:04
It's a really tough one. So many players have played for the same sides or play for the same international teams.