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    THE BEST FULL-BACKS! Achraf Hakimi’s #1 on the right and Alphonso Davies on the left | ESPN FC
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    THE BEST FULL-BACKS! Achraf Hakimi’s #1 on the right and Alphonso Davies on the left | ESPN FC



    Julien Laurens and Gabriele Marcotti talk about the top ten best right and left backs in the ESPN FC 100 ranking.

    RIGHT-BACKS
    1. Achraf HAKIMI, Paris Saint-Germain
    2. Kieran TRIPPIER, Newcastle
    3. Kyle WALKER, Man City
    4. Reece JAMES, Chelsea
    5. Jules KOUNDE, Barcelona
    6. Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD, Liverpool
    7. Joao CANCELO, Man City / Bayern Munich (loan)
    8. Dani CARVAJAL, Real Madrid
    9. Giovanni DI LORENZO, Napoli
    10. Jeremie FRIMPONG, Bayer Leverkusen

    LEFT-BACKS
    1. Alphonso DAVIES, Bayern Munich
    2. Theo HERNANDEZ, AC Milan
    3. Oleksandr ZINCHENKO, Arsenal
    4. Andrew ROBERTSON, Liverpool
    5. Nathan AKE, Man City
    6. Luke SHAW, Man United
    7. Pervis ESTUPINAN, Brighton
    8. Alejandro BALDE, Barcelona
    9. Raphael GUERREIRO, Borussia Dortmund
    10. Leonardo SPINAZZOLA, AS Roma

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    17 Comments

    1. e' L on

      Mind you, Hakimi is Pep's next target..Beware of the men in blues Prem, cause they've just started.
      The blue moon will rise even further 💙😎🦾🔥

    4. Josue on

      Im still laughing by that post saying Balde has no competition being the best leftback in the world. Well, in this list is even worst than natural centerback Ake 😂

    7. Toba Epebinuade on

      Achraf Hakimi was the best right back in world football all season. At PSG, he doesn't get the headlines due to being on the same team as the likes of Lionel Messi(last season), Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, Achraf Hakimi is a top caliber player excelling in both attack and defense, he's so complete at that position. The highlight of his season was the World Cup. Morocco ended up reaching the World Cup semifinals finishing 4th in the entire tournament and he was solid throughout the whole tournament hardly putting a foot wrong in defense and was great as ever going forward.

      Individual performance is also important and their roles to how they contributed to the success their teams had. Kieran Trippier at 32, had a solid season for Newcastle in attack and defense helping them qualify for champions league and finished 4th in the premier league, Jules Kounde out of his normal center back position was solid as ever during Barcelona's title win, but overall for club and country, Achraf Hakimi was the best right back in the world last season, and there have been issues off the field, he was mixed for PSG after the World Cup, he was very good for them and the context of his World Cup performance matters, "not a 7 game tournament".

    11. naman sharma on

      Luke shaw is the best left back in the world. He is unshakable in defence and should have far more assists if anyone in Manu top 3 could head or even control a ball which is not rolling on the grass!

    13. TY BlaiseR on

      Kyle Walker is thee best fullback if you have a reason why he isn't let me hear, he's the only fullback you can count on to stop Vini Jr, Mbappe, Sane, Rashford any Top Winger in today's game.

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