Wesley Sneijder

Thing is, I always say this, and I, I...

This is the part of Dutch football that I don't like because in Holland there's a show, I've mentioned it before, that is hosted by Marco van Basten, Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder.

Sometimes they get another ex-pro player to come in, and they tend to put down the team so much.

They put down certain individuals every game.

Because the San Siro, how iconic and beautiful and historic it might be, unfortunately, it's It's falling apart a little bit, and it's not meeting up to new standards, but that's not the topic for today.

And, I mean, imagine names like Paolo Madini, Andrei Shevchenko, Ronaldinho, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Wesley Snyder, Javier Zanetti, and many other legends.

They all have something in common, namely that they played countless matches at the San Siro or... officially known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, which turned 100 years old on the 20th of September.

And it is one of the most famous and iconic football stadiums in the world, definitely up there with the Azteca in Mexico City, a little bit below that, I would still say.

In the number 10, now of course our close friend should, who hopefully will be appearing on the pod very soon.

One of his favorite players is Wesley Sneijder.

I think he'd listen.

Well, how highly do you rate Sneijder? 'Cause I think people probably say I underrate him because I think he's a really good player.

But if I had to name like the best players, let's say from 2005 to 2015, I don't think I'd naturally name him in the top 20.

He wouldn't make my top 20, let's say.

I feel like the ball he plays for the, for the Eto'o fourth goal, he's turning defenders ins- he turns Alan Hutton inside and out at one point.

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I read that they were kind of praising his level of football.

I mentioned before, I believe he is the first real playmaker we've ever had since the departure of Wesley Snyder.

He's the best playmaker we have now, and Maybe he will not be a starter next match, but I think he will be very soon.

If not the next match, maybe the match after against Serbia.

But the transfer market, the way that it operates, and United are a victim of who they previously were, which was to be in for those big players.

Not all the time, because I remember them missing out on Mesut Ozil back in 2010 and, you know, you, th- there are a litany of players that was, you know, Wesley Sneijder.

Remember that one went on all summer?

Yeah.

Let's see how it works in the latter stages.

Let's see if they can kind of be that team that go to the Camp Nou, Inter Milan, Diego Milito, Samuel Eto'o, Wesley Sneijder.

You know, those guys.

That is the, maybe the team that he's trying to recreate with the X Factor superstars up front.

We're having Van Bommel.

Yeah, so midfield three of Sneijder, Schweinsteiger and Van Bommel.

Yeah.

Then our front three of Robben.

So in a way, we feel like that is a negative thing or something like that.

Yeah, because if you've been brought up with players like Cruyff, Bergkamp, Sneijder, van der Waal and so on, that is the perspective you have, right, and how we want to play the game.

But I don't think a lot of coaches are real in that, meaning that Maybe it's the ultimate you want to go, but it all depends on also the place you have in front of you.

It's making them aware of, it's not only your perspective or your ideas or your philosophy, it's always connected to the people who are in front of you and you need to adapt to the people who are in front of you.