It's easy to overlook Franck Ribéry in discussions about great players of the modern era. He's spent a lot of time injured and both FC Bayern and the French national team have been consistently inconsistent over the last few years. However, when he plays - especially in tandem with Arjen Robben for the Munich giants - he's something special and it's always worth bearing that in mind.

29 today, he has pace, balance, a tremendous shot and is also a master of mind games as he shows in this clip by completely outfoxing young upstart Toni Kroos.

Click the image to watch.

...and just for good measure, here's one of those of those dreamy (can we describe Franck Ribéry as dreamy?) compilation things - quite a good one actually...

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AuthorJohn Dobson