Sunday, March 25, 2007

Top 10 footballers: David Villa

This is the beginning of a weekly countdown of the top ten current footballers in Europe. There are no defenders or goalkeepers on this list and those that made it received the honor because of their performances in the last two years.

Number 10: David Villa
Along with Fernando Torres (Atlético Madid) and Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) David Villa is one of Spain’s rising stars. However, unlike his fellow compatriots at only 25 David Villa has become the leader of his side, Valencia, a team that has slowly risen in the ranks becoming not only a competitor in the Spanish Primera League, but also a contender in Europe. Valencia is currently 4th in the Spanish Primera, only six points behind Barcelona, and in the last eight of the champions league. Much of there success is due to Villa’s skill and leadership. Already with 5 goals in the Champions league and 10 in the Spanish league Villa’s speed, skill, and acrobatic potential makes him a constant threat. Villa skill has caught the eye of the giant English Clubs Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, and an optimistic Aston Villa. Still Villa stays loyal to the team that brought him to prominence hoping to see them lift some silverware in the near future.

5 comments:

juanfish said...

this is a pretty sick idea. I am very limited in my knowledge of "footballers", so i am excited to learn more. thanks bubs.

Widukind said...

agreed. did you write that yourself? you sounded extraordinarily satisfyingly british. yay bubby.
ps. i got a tight post cooking in the oven.

Hartichoke said...

yea bubs i am real pleased with this. me and you will have the opportunity to debate this big time. i wanna see the rest of your list before i make any arguments but i like your selection of villa. He's a totally class player that had an absolutely ridiculous year last year and has made his mark after coming relatively out of nowhere. other good players to check out on those valencia teams (might have some good videos)are david abelda, barajas, and aimar.

Loves2Spooge said...

Here's the REAL top 10 list.

10) Paolo Wanchope (Costa Rica)
9) Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough)
8) Frank Ribery (Marseille)
7) Nicolas Anelka (Bolton)
6) Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
5) Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
4) Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid)
3) Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham)
2) Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)
1) Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Middlesbrough)

Yep. Anyone who knows anything about football should agree entirely with this list.

Widukind said...

its so obvious that "loves2spooge" is Mark, its not even funny.
actually on second thought it's really funny.