I agree. Perhaps I’d disagree about Özil, because Zidane was more of a controller, as you said, but, again, there aren’t really players today who take up that kind of role. Football changed too much.

However, when it comes to having that je ne sais quoi of dominating the game on a good day and rising to the occasion at an important match, perhaps Modric would be my pick. He doesn’t carry and coordinate the offense, but he distributes the ball and dictates tempo like nobody else today.

Perhaps if we threw Özil and Modric into a blender?