Originally Posted by
CardiffCitySince1927
Would’ve had him down as a tricky winger myself.
Vieira maybe, he was class on the ball but even though he wasn’t about that idea he was in that position so can he really be classed as a ballplaying midfielder?
Guillit was excellent across the park, his main position was attacking midfield/centre forward in his prime so more offensive than ball playing realling
Don’t know about Barnes personally - didn’t watch him
Rjikaard was a defensive midfielder primarily...
Yaya Toure, was more of a box to box powerhouse in my view
Didn’t watch him play so can’t comment
Didn’t see him play unfortunately
Is the best defensive midfielder in the world. Not ball playing midfielder
Those are mostly defensive midfielders (Matuidi, Tolisso, Fabinho, Witsel). Others are box to box (Ndombele, Fred, Wjinaldum). Haven’t watched Tielemans enough to verify the claim
David’s I didn’t watch but Seedorf was more gifted at box to box in my view. Though I could see that as an exception