Manchester United F.C. — Best pictures!

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

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney (pictured left) has regained the top spot in our FTBL rating of best world forwards after lying in wait for two months. The change in leadership was effected by former leader David Villa’s poor performance in the

Real Madrid's and Iker Casillas’s fiasco at Santiago Bernabeu against Barcelona resulted in the return of Chelsea’s Petr Cech (pictured in center) in the number 2 spot in our FTBL Top 23 rating of world best goalkeepers. Cech earned 11.00 rating points

Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi grabbed the second place in our FTBL World Top 23 rating of best midfielders after a dazzling performance in Barcelona’s 6:2 thrashing of rivals Real Madrid yesterday in La Liga. Messi now has 193.21 points over all.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will have a perfect opportunity this coming weekend to close the 2-point gap separating him from his main rival Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas in the FTBL rating of goalkeepers and, maybe, grab the lead.