#2 Wesley Sneijder – 83
Feels like Wesley Sneijder has been around for a while. His Inter Milan days were probably the peak of his career, picking up a Champions League winners medal and playing in a World Cup final for the Netherlands in 2010. But then one day in 2013 he packed his bags and moved to Turkey to play for Galatasaray, all before he even hit 30.
He’s since done fairly well for himself while playing for the Turkish giants, 42 goals in 163 games is a decent return for a midfielder but a majority of those came in his first two full seasons.
Since then he’s only managed seven goals in 61 games. This makes his rating of 83 too high, especially when other players in his position contributing more at a higher level sit underneath him. Spurs wonderkid Dele Alli is below him at 82, while PSG’s Julian Draxler is the same rating as him. Much like the MLS, the Turkish league has increased in quality and is a tough league. But it’s probably not on the same scale as some of the bigger leagues.
Fantastic player on his day but perhaps time hasn’t been as kind to Sneijder as FIFA has.
