Barcelona centre-half Gerard Pique is the best defender in the world, according to a poll of nearly 115000 football fans.

The Spain international narrowly won the vote ahead of PSG’s summer signing from AC Milan, Thiago Silva.

That pair made up the majority of the vote but it was a reasonably close contest in the poll organised by GMF.
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1st – Gerard Pique, Barcelona – 27%

2nd – Thiago Silva, PSG – 23%

3rd – John Terry, Chelsea – 16%

4th – Vincent Kompany, Manchester City – 11%

4th – Nemanja Vidic, Manchester United – 11%

7th – Pepe, Real Madrid – 9%

8th – Mats Hummels, Borussia Dortmund – 3%

Who do you think is the best defender in the world right now ?