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Coaching in this country has hugely improved in recent years, with a plethora of exciting English managers around right now

RANKED! The best strikers in the world, from the prolific to the all-rounded and all in between

RANKED! The best left-wingers in the world, from those who create to those who score

RANKED! The best right-wingers in the world – the providers, the show ponies and the speed merchants all included

RANKED! The best attacking midfielders in the world: greatest collection of defence-splitting passers, dribbling maestros and assist machines currently on the planet

The best central midfielders in the world who can't be quantified as either an AM or a DM

RANKED! These are the best right-backs in the world – in one of the most rapidly evolving positions in football

RANKED! The 10 best goalkeepers on the planet right now, according to... well, us

TACTICS Your guide to every formation in football, from the defensive to the attacking and everything in between

RANKED! Wonderkids usually cost more - but these are the oldest swingers in town who still set clubs back a bob or two