Current World XI?

[MrPresident]

If you had the pick of every single footballers in the world at this very moment with money being no object, who would you pick and why? You can have any formation you like. You can have any nationality of player. You can select as many players from the same team as you like. The only condition is that all players must be current players, i.e. you can't have players who have just retired, or retired 20 years ago, and you can't travel back in time to when a current player was at their prime.

So, what is your current world XI?

 

[Hitro]

Well, I am tempted to put up that Werder Allstar team again, but well, for a start disregarding the system:

Frank Rost
Fabio Cannavaro
Alessandro Nesta
Valerien Ismael
Torsten Frings
Jerome Rothen
Johan Micoud
Ronaldinho Gaucho
Thierry Henry
Ivan Klasnic
Ruud van Nistelrooy

 

[willemvanoranje]

quick reply without thinking:

GK Buffon (ITA, Juventus)

Maldini (ITA, Milan)
Nesta (ITA, Milan)
Stam (NED, Milan)
Chivu (RUM, Roma)

Zidane (FRA, Real)
Nedved (CZE, Juve)
Davids (NED, Juve/Barça)
Vieira (FRA, Arsenal)

Van Nistelrooy (NED, ManU)
Henry (FRA, Arsenal)

 

[Hitro]

Hmm, I forgot Nedved, well...

 

[willemvanoranje]

and my team is completely unbalanced. I have no right back and 3 players that generally come from the left side and one that can play more to the right... ah well, the midfield isn't the problem in tactics... the defence is Stam as a right back... ain't that something I'll get a good team up some time later...

 

[Elsaak]

Canizares (ESP, Valencia)

Ayala (ARG, Valencia)
Ibarra (ARG, Monaco)
Roberto Carlos (BRA, Real Madrid)
Nesta (ITA, Milan)

Micoud (FRA, W. Brême)
Nedved (CZE, Juve)
Vieira (FRA, Arsenal)
Zidane (FRA, Real Madrid)

Henry (FRA, Arsenal)
Van Nistelrooy (NED, ManU)

 

[Darkness]

Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid)

Cafu (Brazil, Milan)
Stam (Netherlands, Lazio Roma)
Nesta (Italy, Milan)
Roberto Carlos (Brazil, Real Madrid)

Nedved (Czech Republic, Juventus)
Viera (France, Arsenal)
Helguera (Spain, Real Madrid)
Zidane (France, Real Madrid)

Henry (France, Arsenal)
Van Nistelrooij (Netherlands, ManU)

 

[polymath]

Casillas
Roberto Carlos
Lucio
Walter Samuel
Cafu
Ronaldinho
Viera
Scholes
Joaquin
Henry
Van Nistelrooy

 

[MrPresident]

GK Buffon (Juventus)

DF Ayala (Valencia)
DF John Terry (Chelski)
DF Lucio (Bayer Leverkusen)
DF Nesta (Milan)

MD Nedved (Juventus)
MD Zidane (Real Madrid)
MD Gerrard (Liverpool)
MD Beckham (Real Madrid)

FW Henry (Arsenal)
FW Shevchenko (Milan)

 

[MCdread]

Buffon (Ita, Juventus)

Javier Zanetti (Arg, Inter)
Nesta (Ita, Milan)
Ayala (Arg, Valencia)
Chivu (Rom, Roma)

Pires (Fra, Arsenal)
Vieira (Fra, Arsenal)
Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Bra, Barcelona)
Zidane (Fra, Real Madrid)

Totti (Ita, Roma)
Henry (Fra, Arsenal)


The substitutes:

Kahn (Ger, Bayern)
Ricardo Carvalho (Por, FC Porto)
Roberto Carlos (Bra, Real Madrid)
Davids (Hol, Barcelona)
Figo (Por, Real Madrid)
Nedved (Cze, Juventus)
van Nistelrooij (Hol, Manchester United)

 

[Suppersalmon]

GK Buffon

Def Roberto Carlos
Def Nesta
Def Cambell
Def Ayala

Mid Nedved
Mid Scholes
Mid Zidane
Mid Keane

Fw Van Nistelrooy
Fw Henry