FIFA’s top ten players by Neil Watson
As the dust begins to settle on the racism debacle between Mesut Ozil and the German football association a new form of prejudice has reared it ugly head…
FIFA have announced their short list of the ten top FIFA players and not one Arsenal player is included…. seriously.
Mbappe, Ronaldo, Kane, Modric, Salah, De Bruyne, Hazard, Varane, Messi…….and not one mention of any of our heroes…It’s sacrilege!!!
It’s painfully obvious the World football authorities have a huge prejudice against our club and the players who adorn the historic red and white jersey. That they have ignored our players in the world greatest 10 players tells you everything you need to know when so many fine representatives of Arsenal were on show…
Welbeck, Iwobi, Ospina, Xhaka, Ozil, Monreal… the list is endless and yet not one of them regarded as part of footballs elite. The one saving grace is that from the remaining players in our squad who were fortunate enough to have not made the demanding journey to Russia, they have been saved the embarrassment of prejudice waged against their teammates…
All in all I would say our elite group have been spared, on the whole, a torrid isolation of racial and religious prejudice and for that we all can be grateful…
Neil Watson