Ranking the 10 best center backs in world football right now in 2024
The center back position is becoming more of a premium position in world football these days with elite European clubs trying to lock down the world's best attacking players.
Here are the 10 best center backs in the world right now in 2024.
10. Giorgio Scalvini, Atalanta
Atalanta star Giorgio Scalvini gets overlooked because of all the top-class defensive talent in Serie A, and Atalanta tend to get a whole lot less press than, say, Juventus or Inter Milan.
Furthermore, it doesn't help that Bologna star Riccardo Calafiori is the young Italian center back soaking up all the media attention and social media fanposts.
That's for good reason, but before Euro 2024, Scalvini was seen as THE young center back to watch in Italian football after putting together a second excellent season ...