Who is the best defender in the Premier League? Pique gives an unexpected answer

Let's look at a player who is his best partner or the player he admires the most. This is quite interesting and you can see a lot of tricks. Recently, Barcelona's legendary central defender Pique was asked who is the best defender in Premier League history. He chose his big brother, Rio Ferdinand, without hesitation.

The choice is very convincing. First of all, Pique himself explained that when he was young, he just went to Manchester United, and it was Ferdinand who gave him a lot of advice on "learning by example" which helped him very much in his later growth. This is a kind of "inheritance".

But more importantly, the second point of Pique's analysis is the technical style of the two. He said that he and Ferdinand are both "modern central defenders" who like to get the ball and can organize attacks from the backcourt. In the Premier League in that era, most central defenders were purely defensive, and Ferdinand, a defender who had both physical and foot skills, could be said to be the pioneer of the "modern central defenders". As a player from Lamacia, what he admires most is definitely this kind of defender who can play with his brain and skills. Therefore, his evaluation is very professional and pertinent.