Thirdly none of them play in the Premier League or are likely to in the near future. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nobody puts Cristiano in the corner: Idris Elba muscles himself into a selfie with the Fifa Best XI. Firstly, after a fallow few years there really is a rising tide of quality in the Premier League. The level has risen, the gap closed, to the extent that a Premier League XI could at least hold its own a little against Fifa’s best efforts. By contrast only David Silva of all the Premier League players listed above has hit 30.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2017 13:18 UTC