Top 10 South American footballers in the world right now
South America is a continent that is filled with talented footballers. After all, in every street of South America, football breathes and lives. It could actually be argued that they are born to play football and are in fact, moulded by it.
The difficulty of compiling this list is a testament to the talent that the continent has.
The ones that narrowly missed out..
Ederson
The Brazilian goalkeeper has been in such fine form this season that Tite must be losing sleep as to who should be his starting goalkeeper in Russia come the World Cup. He is in fine form, but the ones on this list have been more impactful for their respective teams.
Gabriel Jesus and Paulo Dybala
The Manchester City man is having somewhat of a breakthrough season this year. He is almost certain to lead the line for Brazil in the World Cup, but a certain forward from Liverpool could be a hurdle in his way.
The reason for him not being in the main list is because he has played only one game in 2018 and since the list is based on current form, he is just out of the top 10. This is also the case with Dybala, who has only played for 90 minutes in one game in 2018, no thanks to injury.
Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sanchez
Both Chileans are fantastic players, but just have not been in the same form as the ones that are in the list.
Angel di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain
Great players, but miss out of the top 10 because the others have been slightly better.
Now that we have cleared this up, lets begin…