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Olympique Marseille forward and Senegal international Mamadou Niang (pictured) has replaced departing Karim Benzema (for Real Madrid) at the top of the FTBL ranking of forwards in the French Ligue 1 with 156.13 points.

Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who just signed a new five-year contract reportedly worth 150 million euro, is the best goalkeeper in La Liga at the moment with an overall rating of 113.87 points.

Real Madrid number one goalkeeper Iker Casillas has used the Confederations Cup to improve his rating after a lackluster campaign in La Liga: he picked up 60 rating points in the few games he was allowed to play with Spain in the competition to take his

Real Madrid’s new sign Raul Albiol (pictured right) was given 90 minutes of playtime with Spain in the game for the 3rd place in the Confed Cup against South Africa, and the young defender picked up more than 10 rating points to move within 5 rating points

Today’s game between South Africa and Spain for the third place in the Confed Cup would provide a chance for Barcelona playmaker Xavi to break clear of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in the FTBL Top 23 of the world’s top midfielders.