According to The Guardian, the BiH national team player and midfielder of Juventus Miralem Pjanić is the 70th on the list of the best players in the world in 2016.
As much as 124 players from 45 countries of the world participated in the selection, including Javier Zanetti, Hernan Crespo and Jan Koller, two coaches, and many journalists. Among those who participated in the selection is the BiH journalist Saša Ibrulj, who is working with The Guardian.
Every year The Guardian chooses 100 best players in the world and the only BiH football player who was included on the list for the past two years is Miralem Pjanić. Last year he took the 55th place, and this year the 70th.
“He is one of two players who had double-digit result in the number of goals and number of assists in the Serie A last season. It is easy to see why Juventus wanted to steal him so desperately from Roma last summer. The Bosnian experienced certain difficulties in the new team, but his refined technique and touch were never questionable. In open game Pjanić is more subtle than spectacular, but his interruptions are extraordinary, which is not surprising since he learned from the legendary Juninho Pernambucan in Lyon,” wrote the journalist Paolo Bandini in the description of Miralem Pjanić.
Behind Pjanić are players like Alvaro Morata, Aaron Ramsey, Robert Firmin, Yannick Carrasco, Marek Hamšik, and Tihibaut Courtois. The best-ranked player from the region is Luka Modrić, who is 12th.
(Source: klix.ba)
