First let me start by making it clear that what follows is just my subjective view of the qualities that are needed to make a top footballer … you may well disagree.
This is a pictorial representation of how I would define those qualities.
Let’s look at these criteria in order of importance …
Attitude … a player can have all the skill in the world, but if he isn’t fully committed to the team and prepared to ‘leave it all on the pitch’, then that counts for nothing. I give you Paul Pogba. An unhappy player can drag the whole dressing room down.
Technical Ability … every football fan’s favourite attribute in a player, and the one that adds the most value if the player possesses the other qualities.
Football Brain … a much maligned t...
