The best holding midfielders in the world…
Flick through the pages below and find out which player CaughtOffside ranks as the best holding midfielders in the world, and how many Premier League players have made the top 20 – you might be surprised.
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20) Maxime Gonalons (Lyon)
19) Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)
18) Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow)
17) Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
16) Rio Antonio Mavuba (Lille)
15) Felipe Melo (Galatasaray)
14) Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund)
13) Nigel de Jong (AC Milan)
12) Ramires (Chelsea)
11) Luiz Gustavo (Wolfsburg)
10) Nemanja Matic (Chelsea)
9) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
8) Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain)
7) Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain)
6) Jeremy Toulalan (AS Monaco)
5) Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma)
4) Sami Khedira (Real Madrid)
3) Xabi Alonso (Bayern Munich)
2) Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
1) Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
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