Number tens of the traditional type are nearly extinct, but teams still require players capable of creating chances in abundance. Modern attacking midfielders range from string pullers to ...

How our experts decided the best central midfielders in the world We asked our football experts at FourFourTwo to come up with a list of the best 10 central midfielders in the world, considering ...

The turn of the calendar year has seen some bright displays from some of the best midfielders in the Women's Super League (WSL). Midfielders are the heart of football, tying together the defence ...

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discuss the best Champions League midfielders, but with the likes of Pirlo, ...

As we count down to the 2013 SuperDraft on Thursday, January 17, MLSsoccer.com is ranking the top 10 players available to MLS teams by position. Now we’re on to holding midfielders, and we need ...

Five of the best midfielders of all time are detailed below, with biographies of their historic careers. Named, together with nine other Germans, by Brazilian legend Pele in 2004 as one of the 125 ...

High praise, indeed. Last year’s Ballon d’Or might have changed the narrative but it’s often true that defensive midfielders often do their best work unnoticed. Aurelien Tchouameni certainly ...

As we count down to the 2013 SuperDraft on Thursday, MLSsoccer.com is ranking the top 10 players available to ... discarded in the SuperDraft: attacking midfielders. The common refrain on ...

The very best can defend, run endlessly ... Here we appreciate the middlemen, with the top 10 central midfielders in world football right now. That Luka Modric is approaching his 40th birthday and is ...

From the enforcers to the artists, the water-carriers to the registas, we’ve sifted through the best in the business. Here are our top 10 defensive midfielders in the world right now. After an ...