World Soccer Talk's World Best XI Footballers Of 2013

Kartik Krishnaiyer
World Soccer Talk's World Best XI Footballers Of 2013
World Soccer Talk's World Best XI Footballers Of 2013

World Soccer Talk has selected its best starting XI featuring the best-of-the-best world footballers from the 2013 calendar year.

There were many difficult choices all around the pitch for us but this is the team we’ve come up with using a 25 man squad.

Starting XI:

Neuer

Alaba Mertasacker  Thiago Silva  Lahm

Riberry Vidal Pogba Ronaldo

Suarez Messi

Bench: Enyeama, Robben, Rooney, Bale, Yaya Toure, Dante, Lewandowski

Remainder of the squad: De Gea, Ramsey, Chiellini, Diego Costa, Busquets, DiMaria, Ibrahimovic.

Agree? Disagree? Who did we leave out and who doesn’t belong? Let us know in the comments section below.

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