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Barcelona’s super star Lionel Messi (pictured) could re-claim the top spot in the FTBL rating of the world’s best midfielders with a strong performance when Argentina travel to Ecuador for a 2010 World Cup qualifier on June 10.

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (pictured right) and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard (pictured left) have overtaken Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo in the FTBL Top 23 of the world’s best midfielders and have their sight now firmly set on first-placed Lionel

Frank Lampard’s winner in the FA Cup final against Everton (2:1) ended his much-talked–about goal drought and earned him 18.44 rating points to bring the Chelsea celebrated midfielder within less than a point from Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, his direct

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, who has not scored since the Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool (4:4), could use the FA Cup final against Everton to boost his somewhat dormant rating.

Bordeaux’s midfielder Yoann Gourcuff is now basking in the company of such stars as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the FTBL rating of world best midfielders. The young France international scored in his side’s 3:2 home win against Le Mans and earned