I do think Rio is underrated, I don't rate him as high as Scholes but it's close IMO
for a period there the guys who were in his class you only needed one hand to count
(Cannavaro, Nesta, Thuram, Lucio, Terry) I am probably missing someone else
shows the problem England have had too, from 2004-2012 we had essentially 5 world class CBs in Rio, JT, King, Campbell, Woodgate (with a few injury problems)
Yet after Rooney we had no options at striker outside a broken Michael Owen, Crouchinaldo, and Emile Heskey
now we have Rooney, Sturridge, Kane, Welbeck, and even players like Sterling/Walcott who can play up top as well. Yet our CBs are Cahill and Jagielka.
Really hope 2 of Jones, Stones, Dier, or Smalling takes a huge step next season and are ready for France
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