Welcome to 2025, where the halcyon days of Ronaldo and Messi are long consigned to the past and a new battle rages to be the world's best. There are many contenders, but who tops the award they all want more than any other - Sam Tighe's Player Rankings. We take a look at some of the young superstars who are well on their way to the top of the game and will be the pantheon of the elite in the future (if they're not already).
Before that though, there's Things We Love - which in this case involve Tanguy Ndombele's return to both the side and to his blistering best; the madness of both Barcelona and Manchester City being placed 13th in their respective leagues; the title races we didn't expect; Leverkusen's pure chaos approach to playing football, and, as the more eagle-eyed of you might have noticed, the new Ranks FC logo.
There's also a special Melon of the Week ranking, which tops out with a refereeing display that put all others to shame, and in this week's Gibberish, Sam ranks the best responses he got to a 'where you're from and who you support' survey.
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Ranking World Cup 2022 One Year Ahead
Ranking Players of the Season So Far in Europe's Big 5 Leagues
Ranking Problems Antonio Conte Must Fix at Tottenham with Nathan A Clark
Ranking Manchester United's Problems (And How To Fix Them)
Ranking Champions League Players You Should Know More About
Ranking the Most Exciting Teams in Europe with Dougie Critchley of Football Daily
Ranking EFL Players Ready For A Step Up with Ali Maxwell of Not The Top 20
Ranking Under-the-Radar Golden Boy Nominations with Scouted Football's Stephen Ganavas
Ranking Players Set For Surprisingly Big Seasons
Ranking the Best Teenagers in World Football
5x5: Ranking the Top Five in Each of Europe's Big Five Leagues
Ranking the Top Five Transfers this Window
Ranking the Biggest Stories Left This Transfer Window
Ranking the Serie A 2021/22 Season
Ranking La Liga Ahead of the 2021/22 Season
Ranking the Premier League 2021/22 Season
The Postbox: Messi Goodbyes, The Paris Globetrotters, Barcelona's Bounce, Lit Ligue 1, Lukaku in London, Spurs' Kanundrum, Interouble and Getting Warnocked
Ranking the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 2021/22 Seasons
Ranking Brilliant Transfers That Deserve More Hype
Ranking This Summer's Olympic Men's Football
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