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Top 100 players of 2016: 80-61
- Updated: December 21, 2016
Sky Sports is counting down the top 100 players of 2016, as ranked by WhoScored.com in a five-part series. But who will come out on top?
After every game, WhoScored.com gives players competing in Europe’s top five leagues a mark out of 10 based on a wide range of statistical data. Each player received an average score for 2016, and to qualify for our list, players had to have made at least 20 league appearances.
So will Lionel Messi retain his crown or can Cristiano Ronaldo clinch first place? Where do Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale place? And how do Premier League stars Philippe Coutinho, Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero compare?
In part two of our series, we continue our countdown by looking at the players ranked 80-61…
See part one of our series (100-81) here.
80. James Milner – Liverpool – 7.3007 WhoScored.com rating
Milner has been a manager’s dream throughout his career and is now proving an effective stop-gap to Klopp’s left-back issues, having registered more assists than any other Liverpool player last season (11).
79. Adam Lallana – Liverpool – 7.3027
Liverpool’s rejuvenation under Jurgen Klopp has been helped by Adam Lallana’s form. Six goals and six assists is a fantastic return at this juncture of the season.
78. Lucas Biglia – Lazio – 7.3073
Lazio could only finish eighth in Serie A last season but Lucas Biglia proved to be a consistent performer in defensive midfield. The Argentine put in a string of good performances for the Italian side in the Europa League until they were knocked out by Sparta Prague in the last 16.
77. Mesut Ozil – Arsenal – 7.3169
With his assists drying up in the latter stages of last season, Ozil’s influence waned but the German has developed a greater knack of finishing this time around and continues to link up superbly with Alexis Sanchez to offer the Gunners’ best route to goal.
76. Emre Can – Liverpool – 7.3195
German international Can has been utilised in a number of different roles at Liverpool but seems to be …
