Friday, December 4, 2009

Wenger happy that Xavi cracked the Ballon d'Or top three:

Here's a little clip to remind you all of the greatness of Xavi: of his control, vision, passing:



Here's what Wenger said of his choices for the Best Player in the World on Arsenal.com:

"I would say Messi, Xavi or Ronaldo," Wenger told arsenal.com. "Because Xavi for me was the best passer in Europe.

"He had the best final ball in Europe on the statistics and you want that to be rewarded as well." (BlogSource > Tribal Football)

Wenger would love that about Xavi - his passing. Wenger's Arsenal teams are built around precision passing.

And we love Xavi here too.

We don't begrudge Messi his Ballon d'Or win but we remind you that Wenger is the second big manager in as many weeks to come out in support of the Barca midfielder. Last week it was Inter manager Jose Mourinho calling Xavi the best player in the world.

Here is where Xavi stands today - Friday December 4, 2009, 620am Eastern Standard Time - in worldwide fan voting on bestplayerintheworld.com:

Lionel Messi 45% (1,620 votes)
Cristiano Ronaldo 21% (749 votes)
Steven Gerrard 6% (211 votes)
Andres Iniesta 4% (141 votes)
Kaka 3% (103 votes)
Fernando Torres 3% (97 votes)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3% (104 votes)
Frank Lampard 2% (72 votes)
Wayne Rooney 2% (73 votes)
Andrei Arshavin 2% (59 votes)
Ronaldinho 2% (57 votes)
Cesc Fabregas 1% (38 votes)
Didier Drogba 1% (36 votes)
14. Xavi Hernandez 1% (29 votes)
Nemanja Vidic 1% (24 votes)
Samuel Eto'o 1% (34 votes)
Franck Ribery 1% (24 votes)
Luka Modric 1% (22 votes)
David Villa 1% (19 votes)
Robinho 1% (19 votes)
Iker Casillas <1% (16 votes)
Arjen Robben <1% (13 votes)
Karim Benzema <1% (14 votes)
Sergio (Kun) Aguero <1% (10 votes)
Petr Cech <1% (10 votes)
Gianluigi Buffon <1% (9 votes)
Ashley Young <1% (11 votes)
Emmanuel Adebayor <1% (8 votes)
Rio Ferdinand 0% (0 votes)
Mauro Matias Zarate <1% (1 votes)
Nani 0% (0 votes)
John Terry 0% (0 votes)
Juninho 0% (0 votes)
Arda Turan 0% (0 votes)
Carles Puyol 0% (0 votes)
Francesco Totti 0% (0 votes)

Total Votes: 3,634

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