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Mark White

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ranked the 20 best defensive midfielders in the world - Caught on Camera

Ranked! The best defensive midfielders in the world.

These days, the best defensive midfielders in the world tend to be specialists who stay deeper in the engine room.

But this was never the case 30 years ago: midfielders tended to chip in to do a little of everything, getting forward when needed and tracking back in reverse.

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