Football teams are only as good as the strength of their spine and strong centre-backs are a crucial part ... he’s the heir to the title of the world’s best. Antonio Rudiger is mad as a ...

The best full-backs in the world, like Liverpoo l's Trent Alexander-Arnold, can break free on the flanks and deliver quality crosses in the final third. What is the difference between a full-back ...

Sir Alex Ferguson rated Patrice Evra among the very best full-backs in the world during his Manchester United days – and he wasn't wrong. The former Monaco man – who won 81 France caps ...

Selecting the best in world football right now was a headache ... Few have done that this season. The very best full-backs have something a little out of the ordinary and Federico Dimarco has ...

His pick-up on a free transfer from Chelsea is some of the Spanish’s sides best business of recent years. Excellent at Chelsea, he’s become genuinely elite at the Bernabeu. Virgil van Dijk, still, has ...

The ever-changing demands of the full-back role has meant left-backs are no longer just facilitators to the team’s greater good, but genuine key cogs and – occasionally – game-changers. Selecting the ...