Pick your best XI conundrum

[Bruce Wayne]

Southall (Wales and Everton)
Lahm (Germany and Bayern)
Cordoba (Columbia and Inter)
Ramos (Spain and Real)
Maldini (Italy and Milan)
Nedved (Czech and Lazio/Juve)
Scholes (England and United)
Stojkovic (Yugoslavia and Red Star/Marseille)
Messi (Argentina and Barca)
Drogba (Ivory Coast and Chelsea)
Zico (Brazil and Udinese/Flamengo)

 

[ArtetaMagic]

Got sent this the other day and this was the team I came up with..

Southall
Maldini
Kompany
Ramos
Ivanovic
Matthaus
Best
Nedved
Messi
Shearer
Mbappe

 

[Billy Dean]

Southall (Wales)

Cafu (Brasil)
Baresi (Italy)
Sammer (Germany)
Vertonghen (Belgium)

Senna (Spain)
Rui Costa (Portugal)
Giresse (France)

Messi (Argentina)
Elkjaer (Denmark)
Mostovoi (Russia)

Boss brainteaser. You start off separating by nationality and there are so many of the obvious names who played at the Big Spanish and Italian clubs. Plus Ajax throws a massive spanner in the works.
Not totally sure nobody here shared clubs. Surely the fun is in not using Google.

Cafu, Baresi and Rui Costa all shared clubs mate

 

[Billy Dean]

Neville Southall (Wales)

Philipp Lahm (Germany)
Paolo Maldini (Italy)
Vincent Kompany (Belgium)
Lilian Thuram (France)

Dragan Stojkovic (Serbia/Yugoslavia)
Carlos Valderrama (Colombia)
Joao Moutinho (Portugal)

Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Wayne Rooney (England)
Ronaldo (Brazil)

FFS just realised Maradona and Ronaldo shared clubs

 

[Bruce Wayne]

FFS just realised Maradona and Ronaldo shared clubs

Ronaldo played for Milan too, and Thuram for Barca.

 

[Billy Dean]

Ronaldo played for Milan too, and Thuram for Barca.

For heaven's sake. I'll have to try again.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

For heaven's sake. I'll have to try again.

My team is invalid too as Drogba played for Marseille early on.

 

[Billy Dean]

My team is invalid too as Drogba played for Marseille early on.

that's a shame, yours was the best team so far.

@ArtetaMagic has a good one too. I'm trying to pick holes in it now

 

[Bruce Wayne]

that's a shame, yours was the best team so far.

@ArtetaMagic has a good one too. I'm trying to pick holes in it now

Swap Drogba for Mbappe. Could also have Edinson Cavani or Marcelo Salas.

 

[ArtetaMagic]

that's a shame, yours was the best team so far.

@ArtetaMagic has a good one too. I'm trying to pick holes in it now

Ha. Cheers. Pretty sure it qualifies, I had to put ivanovic in as last pick as couldnt think of anyone else but after realised I don't have any Brazilians.

 

[allezlesbleus]

My first draft planned to include Carlos Alberto and Beckenbauer but they both played at New York Cosmos. I had a brilliant link up with Jimmy Johnstone and Paul McGrath.... both played at Sheff Utd briefly unbelievably. Rudi Karol and Zidane both played at Cannes!!
Anyway I refuse to compromise over getting Alan Ball and Zinedine Zidane in the same team so its back to the drawing board for a while.
I suggest you all check with @Dario Terracotta before posting! He will be able to tell you what they all had for breakfast on any given day!!!

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Did this at lunch at work yesterday!!
Southall,Alberto,Maldini,Beckenbauer,MooreZidane,Valderrama,Cruyff,Eusabio,Drogba

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Cafu, Baresi and Rui Costa all shared clubs mate

Big clubs ruining football again

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Cafu, Baresi and Rui Costa all shared clubs mate

Did any of mine play for Juventus? If not throw Nedved in for Costa. And the obvious substitute for Cafu is Earl Barret.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Did this at lunch at work yesterday!!
Southall,Alberto,Maldini,Beckenbauer,MooreZidane,Valderrama,Cruyff,Eusabio,Drogba

It was easier in older times as you'd get players staying at Portugese or Dutch clubs for their entire career, plus so many of the south american players would stay there. From the 00s onwards the big clubs monopolise the world's best players and it's much harder.