Real Madrid — Best pictures!

Barcelona’s Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi (pictured), who five days ago topped the FTBL rating of the world’s best midfielders, has dropped to 4th place, even letting new Real Madrid sign Cristiano Ronaldo overtake him.

With his mega-transfer from AC Milan to Real Madrid, Brazilian superstar Kaka (pictured) has traded the FTBL Top 23 of the Serie A for its equivalent in La Liga.

Real Madrid’s Dutch forward Arjen Robben (pictured right) more than made up for his lack of form at the end of the season in La Liga as he helped the Netherlands to relatively easy wins against Iceland and Norway in World Cup 2010 qualifiers, improving

Borussia Dortmund’s young Serbia international Neven Subotic (pictured left) has been sitting at the top of the FTBL Top 23 of the world’s best U21 defenders with 81.64 points for five weeks running, despite the assaults of Manchester United and Real

Chelsea’s Portuguese defender Jose Bosingwa (pictured) returned into the elite group of the world’s top football players after an absence of two and an half months following Portugal’s 2:1 win over Albania in a World Cup 2010 qualifier yesterday.