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Liverpool centre-back Dejan Lovren is the best defender in the Premier League, despite coming 12th across Europe, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory.

The study looks at six complementary areas of the game: shooting; chance creation; take on; distribution; recovery and rigour. Players are ranked according to five positions and only footballers who played at least 60 percent of domestic league minutes are included in the rankings.


Unsurprisingly, in the Forwards category, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo come first and second, with Luis Suarez close behind.

Meanwhile, in Attacking Midfield, Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez tops the chart ahead of Chelsea star Eden Hazard. Although Chelsea do get one player top, in Defensive Midfield, with the inclusion of Cesc Fabregas above PSG’sMarco Verratti.

Barcelona dominate the Full-Back category with Dani Alves and Jordi Albathe top two and Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia coming in fifth, but the Centre-Back category sees Thiago Silva from PSG top the chart ahead ofJerome Boateng of Bayern and Barcelona’s Javier Mascherano.

However, it is the appearance of Lovren that is most interesting as he comes in 12th across Europe, but is above the likes of Vincent Kompany, Per Mertesacker and John Terry to stand as the top rated centre-back in the Premier League.


http://native9ja.com/dejan-lovren-best-centre-back-in-premier-league-says-cies-study/

Maybe they are Projecting his future.

Best or worst

starbaron:
Best or worst