Why The Number 10 is now BANNED in World Football

It wasn't long ago that the likes of Mesut Ozil, James Rodriguez and Juan Mata were running world football with their elegance, passing range and ability. But now, just 7 years ago, the classic number 10 is extinct. But why? And how did this even happen?
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[@lilyofficer7300]

I miss the days of players that just walked for like an hour of the game and then got at least 3 key passes and 8 dribbles. Sometimes Ozil would do nothing and then get the ball and suddenly arsenal or real Madrid have scored. Messi just stared at the defenders for 20 minutes to make them uncomfortable and then dribble past 3 of them and score. Bergkamp stood in place waiting for a ball and then controlled it with the carefulness of a frightened cat inspecting a piece of ham.

[@sy.cc5]

Messi has shown that the role hasn’t died out yet, although the team needs to be built around the player and the rest of the team need to pull their weight. However coaches don’t want to deal with the risk and would rather have someone with half the technicality but double the work rate

[@antokarman2064]

Wait, i thought messi is a false 9. So he's a 10 now?

[@maiku5723]

@@antokarman2064 At this point he's everything that is attacking

[@divyanshpanwari348]

​@@maiku5723lmaoo😂😂😂 actually

[@Bruburinho]

Just a correction: James Rodríguez isn't "out of the game entirely", he's still playing in Brazil for São Paulo and just won a Brazilian Cup with them, whilst still being Colombia's N°10 and Captain.

[@dr.heinzdoofenshmirtz4759]

ye wouldnt say he is playing he has missed 3 crucial penalties for sao paulo sadly a player that doesn’t fit any style of play anymore

[@bigggutierrez3167]

@@dr.heinzdoofenshmirtz4759missing pens is a part of the game but hes still crucial for the colombia national team and hes doing well in sao paulo but fs isnt the same player as he was back in the day

[@O7FTBL]

If it wasn't for Niran's absolutely devastating knee injury he would've been a world class Number 10

[@johnsnow4244]

definitely

[@AventaEdits]

absolutely

[@tatertron2000]

unquestionably

[@adamschannel2]

undisputably

[@0t3n29]

indubitably

[@Footballmemess]

Even Zidane and Messi said this

[@ash-da-enigmah5781]

Ancellotii is part of a dying breed in managers who still appreciate the classic 10s who is still top of his game. I miisss them kaka, guti, berkamp days

[@horacioelconserjeopina3956]

Football is dead, embrace philosophy and literature 😎

[@SlimNotSoShady]

@@horacioelconserjeopina3956 ong

[@rohithraman6488]

This is why I like what Xabi Alonso is doing at Leverkusen. He is mixing efficiency with giving players the freedom to express themselves on the pitch, same with Ancelotti, if he becomes Brazil manager I feel he can do wonders there

[@thejukester]

AYYYY I'M A LEVERKUSEN FAN WE UP LESGO

[@taffybanda2082]

I think it's more accurate to say that the 10 has fallen out of favour in European Football. I live in Southern Africa, let me tell you Niran. 10s are everywhere in club football across the region 😂

[@ThapeloMotloung]

😭tell him about Mshishi

[@blaisea2652]

I mean I get what your saying Niran… we went from having Juan Mata controlling our midfield to now hoping on Gallagher for “pressing”. 💀The game is gone😂

[@AMESLARI]

There's a Brazilian player called Paulo Henrique Lima, better known as "Ganso" (literally the Portuguese word for "goose", because someone thought he was clumsy and looked like a goose back when he was still at Santos' youth system). He's 34 now and plays for Fluminense. He burst onto the scene alongside Neymar back in 2010 or thereabouts as the next big guys in Brazilian football - many people thought he could be even better than Neymar. Ganso is exactly that classic number 10 Niran talks about in the video: thin, lanky, not really fast, but had good skills and UNBELIEVABLE vision and passing. Plus, he's always been super elegant on the pitch. He had a serious injury at some point in his career that did hinder him some, but he left Santos halfway through 2012 to play for São Paulo. He did great there fora few years and left for Sevilla in 2016, where he didn't do well because of the physical demands of the game and because the manager, Jorge Sampaoli, wanted him to do things he just wasn't good at. He even played at Amiens for a bit before joining Fluminense in 2019. It was at Fluminense that he, after some ups and downs, finally recovered his best form, being the elegant, classy passer he is. Honestly, I've seen very few players with vision like Ganso's. He's fantastic!

[@user-sy3ol2gl6y]

He was shite lad

[@SemPlaysYT]

I Think KDB has also noticed this, thus he may start a matches as the CAM but affects the game by drifting out wide to get more time to bring in crosses, or drop back as far as the defense and make a deadly pass on the charge.

[@nidalramic5819]

Feel like it’s due to the over-coaching of football. I’ve really disliked football with how it’s been played these last couple of years for me personally. Whenever I watch a game it all looks robotic and teams are just playing the same system against each other with a low block and passing around doing nothing. It’s why I’ve always loved managers like Wenger and Ancelotti who encourage expression and freedom in a time where the art and beauty aspect of football is lost.

[@user-rr8nc6yr6o]

It's like that Nike ad where the footballers are playing against their robot selves

[@kovius564]

@@user-rr8nc6yr6ohonestly. Take risks was the message of that and it’s once seperated the real players from robots.

[@ronel7836]

I'm not a football die hard, but the beauty and art is lost??? Like I get, we don't have a Ronaldinho, but come one now Bayer levekusen play beautifully football, vicious Jr and much more. Different evolution of roles, tactical evolution, and changes. It has not been lost. it's just once again in an evolution

[@bronzy9826]

Think real madrid might be one of the only top teams reliant on individuals to win games

[@skyrozx]

​@@ronel7836agreed

[@Purple_Puffin]

I don't know man Modric still looking like he got another 8 generations left in him

[@atupelechinyemba628]

Oh goodness I miss Ozil he deserved better 😭😭

[@akashdeb5201]

How could you not mention the most iconic no. 10 ? He does all the traditional number 10 things, doesn't press... but is pretty effective... because the entire team works around him.

[@naksu134]

In the Messi and Zidane interview they also talked about number 10 role disappearing

[@jasperredican4987]

Loving the more tactical type videos!

[@guzrahman3014]

It didn't disappear, it evolved to the point that it is unrecognizable. It became a faster and highly energetic role. The wait and dictating and picking passes job is passed down to the defensive MFs. Managers now want to have a more attacking presence up front, 10s are expected to help with the attack. Towards the end of the last decade, fans really were frustrated with the work rate those old-school 10s did.

[@sammypie5501]

Yh i think it's evolved from a static 10 to an advanced 8

[@ammarbaagu]

​@@sammypie5501 10's at that time (early 2010's ) had to either adapt or being forgotten. They can either play the 8 or play a winger. KDB and David Silva are examples of 10's that managed to adapt to the workrate required to play 8. I think ozil was played as a winger and that wasn't working too well

[@SamGibbins-tt5rv]

I’d say this is the case in club football in the football industry however in the international game it’s very different look at Messi for example hardly ran a mile all wc but still was the heart of the team.

[@user-vn6jw4fc6h]

Ive personally noticed that a lot of former number tens have been converted into registaesque players.Hakan Calhanoglu only really turned into an elite player after being converted into an dm.

[@chazpando]

Niran Ur my fav KZbinr keep up the good vids

[@eleeditz5443]

If it wasn't for Niran's absolutely catastrophic knee injury, he would be rocking that number 10 shirt with a passion

[@sunspot7117]

The number 10 is not dying people forget about the natural progression in soccer because it’s harder to see than something like track but a lot of old retired players would struggle

[@suppifier6692]

Imo i would say a modern 10 would be someone like de bryne. He just creates moments of brilliance with passes that no one expects with the small time hes given. However he too plays as a flase 9 sometimes along haaland so he kinda alternates the role

[@suarudienabrahams3657]

Niran has said a lot of strange things but him calling a dinosaur "Steven" is absolutely insane🤣

[@cyandrix]

Its happening in my countries sport Rugby. Us South Africa won two world cups in a row using a "bomb squad" tactic. It basically boils down to: send on the fast and tough tackling attackers to beat up the opposition, and then use all our substitutions to bring on more to replace them and keep pummeling them. Sport is moving away from technique and moving to almost purly physicality

[@Benjamin3.5]

damn, 'your countries sport' is it? because no other country has ever heard of or played rugby before 😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@houseofvenusMD]

​@@Benjamin3.5 don't think he meant it like that. I just think he meant rugby is South Africa's most popular sport much like how soccer is France's most popular sport even though they are good at other sports.

[@DjDolHaus86]

Klopp tried to bring it back with Thiago but it didn't work out. In an ideal world where Liverpool were constantly pressing teams back into their own half a luxury player like Thiago would have been an excellent asset to break down the defensive block but he came a year or two too late and as such just kept getting mugged in midfield while looking for the pass because there wasn't the work-rate around him to give him time and space.

[@umairahmadkhan3792]

Number 10 is not dying or dead. It has just evolved in my opinion. Lionel Messi is and has been perfect embodiment of modern number 10. A player who starts kind of as a forward and then drops back into midfield depending on the situation. Basically like a false 9. Julian Alvarez, Xavi Simmons from the new generation remind me of that. So, in my opinion the False 9 is kind of a modern number 10.

[@E1cher]

wow good video man

[@UltraMLPMMMunetes]

James: *goes to São Paulo* Niran: out of the game

[@mansholm1768]

It isn’t any longer about the beauty of the chances, it’s more about the beauty of the goals since it’s more intensity style of football which creates more risk at the back

[@thesamaffliction1572]

The closest to that traditional number 10 in the prem in Odergard and even he has been forced to change his game and press more, honestly it’s the only reason we see him on the pitch, he wasn’t getting a look on until he started sprinting for 90 minutes

[@nations1E]

Messi has been real quiet since this has dropped..

[@Skinlessmage]

Fr messi is one of the very last pure 10s in my opinion even though he played most of his career as a winger

[@godmadesnakes]

I think the next gen is fitter so will have some the pressing makes the football nice to watch and play

[@RebornFlames1]

I remember telling Arsenal or Ozil fans back in 2020 that the reason why Ozil may not be playing is because of the rapid disappeareance of the number 10, and exactly for the reasons and examples Niran mentioned in this video. I still thought that Ozil should've been playing though rather than no CAM at all. And I got so much toxicity and hostlility from them, claiming I know abolsutely nothing about football and only started watching last year (which wasn't true). Hopefully they've grown a brain and realise what I said was true.

[@footballhipster]

It's the #9's that are going extinct at a faster rate than #10's in football. I blame it all on Big Smoke.

[@emmanuelorellana3028]

Haaland? Osimen? Lukaku? Lautaro Martínez? Do you watch football? Number 9 isn’t going extinct at all.

[@footballhipster]

@@emmanuelorellana3028 Compared to 15-20 years ago, it absolutely does.

[@aurochsbeats]

​@emmanuelorellana3028 I believe top level number 9s are getting lesser because wingers are getting more bad at crossing, and number 10s are being used in the wrong positions by coaches. But mostly They are starting to cost way too much money. Even strikers who only score 10 goals a season are being priced at like 40 mil... it's ludicrous.

[@rkfury2789]

Amazing feeling when you control whether the likes reads 1.9k or 2k

[@crzxmcodm3988]

the 8am in charlotte beat caught me off guard 💀

[@SANTAS80Gaming]

Rumours are, poor nikos dabizas is still receiving therapy from that goal bergkamp scored 😂😂😂

[@sippinstilli]

Been watching for a few years now and I must say ftw has to stay for the channels culture but non the less it's washed this video was great and really refreshing to watch please do more like this where u mix a story line with facts and football history

[@lebronjamesat39]

does anyone know the name of the song he uses in the first 10 seconds?

[@jay5353]

Do the number 9 next I think we have a lack of quality number 9 coming through

[@EGReviews]

Then you have Ronldinho, who didn't need to even see the ball to complete something seemingly impossible

[@jasoncoblavie7698]

we’ll never see another player like dimitar berbatov

[@jesterbeats2898]

As far as things go as a chelsea is why I don't harp about Gallagher playing that 10 role he is the new type of 10 that runs hard and effects play when needed compared to an old style type of 10 like a cole palmer and chukemeka those 10 roles have nowadays become extinct due to the pressing style of the game and how when gallagher is on the pitch he basically removes that 6 from the game compared to a cole palmer who won't take out the 6 and only do something on the offensive side of the game

[@Realest_United]

Nah that Bruno diss was in their on the sly love to see it

[@gugga2745]

that title is wild but we move

[@captaindelta43]

Messi and Zidane talked about the seriousness of this issue in thier ADDIDAS 10 meets 10 interview . Classic no 10 is now almost extinct . Only pace and that , no flair and entertainment

[@Realest_United]

Bloody hell the digs at United is mad 😅

[@DSJoKeR01]

Where is Jem? The world needs a wolf3y and fng collab again...

[@lombiolof]

the number 10 and the crazy creative wingers too, they dont let kids try risky things that much aswell, seen coaches looking for an efficient but uncreative line of play too much these days, there are exceptions but playing it back and reform the attack slowly is becoming a norm

[@stebentifer2220]

True, it's based on tactics and the physical presense of a player rather than skills. Nowadays, wingers don't do much of the flair that wingers used to do years ago. They just pass back the Ball to their teammate. Some wingers Who still do this type of plays is more mainly vinicius Jr. I'm not a fan of real madrid but ancelloti gives his players more freedom to play and enjoy the game.

[@ash-da-enigmah5781]

Ancellotii is part of a dying breed in managers who still appreciate the classic 10s who is still top of his game. I miisss them kaka, guti, berkamp days

[@nixonnyongesa4892]

Niran should make his knee-run and make the best no 10

[@l0t13r_4]

as a 10 this might be the best vid of all time

[@user-rs6mz6wq1k]

Grealish is goated in the channel atp😂😂

[@veteranhenrymworia]

I think the extinction of number 10 is brought by the overdominance of false 9s, its a numbers game am I right? But seriously as more and more strikers drop to steal back possesion before releasing wingers ie. Kane to Son, or Choupo Moting to Sane, it means the previous role of dribbling mids is negated, that to some extent has seen the shift.

[@szveszs]

Players that could be "the 10": Szoboszlai, Colpani, Gloukh, maybe Guðmundsson, Musiala, Ounahi, this late Salah, Çalhanoğlu, Bernardo Silva, Foden, Thiago Alcantara, that 2020 Ilicic, Éverton Ribeiro...

[@royd209]

Well, the only "I ain't tracking back lmao" player who survived this shift in footballing culture turned out to be messi, and he's the literal GOAT

[@Skinlessmage]

Yea fr he is the last of his kind it doesn’t apply to him because he offers so much he get free reign to do pretty whatever to affect the game.

[@moddedgamer9624]

7:32 perfectly describes Arsenal V City(1-0) and Arsenal V Brentford recently (1-0)

[@mengienghinamwaami4894]

Comparing Kai to a ford Mondeo is insane 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Hason179]

So what is kdb?

[@mrtom2854]

Niran could've been the greatest No. 10 of all if it wasn't for that catastrophic knee injury

[@bigrandomun9267]

Number 10’s aren’t in the middle of the pitch anymore and often are more wide players. You can definitely find wingers and wide midfielders who don’t do much off the ball because they need to be up the pitch because of what they can do with it. You can’t just have the number 10 in the middle of the pitch anymore without support

[@bigrandomun9267]

Players like Di Maria, Messi, Neymar. These are players who fit the number 10 archetype but have moved themselves out wide because that’s where the game is played now.

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

Messi, Rooney, Ronaldinho, Zlatan, Neymar, Hazard, Aguero... those are my number 10's.

[@woahapathy]

They banned No. 10 bc that’s what age Niran got injured

[@ivnightclaw8663]

Niran would've have been wearing the number 10 for Liverpool if it wasnt for the knee injury

[@Stianannexed3391]

Im not Even gonna Lie i was about to say Oscar gloukh until you said it😂😂

[@stephano1778]

Nirren left the last lap

[@raeesaliwaqar1346]

How arsenal treated ozil shows how money is priority to big clubs What ozil was doing was the right thing, speaking out against genocide and killing of innocent Muslims but the owners gave him the boot coz of their Chinese ties Everyone says that the Saudis are sportswashing but they need to open their eyes and look what’s happening right in front of them

[@thendomudau8778]

Oil found space in Mecca

[@hwdsona]

*insert obligatory knee joke

[@jackmathieson1903]

James has opened up about being forced out of Everton by Rafa. He would have stayed for the second year if his contract otherwise.

[@thededemix]

FACTS

[@swordiexd]

The same is happening in my home country sport, Australian Rules Football. There is such an emphasis on "being athletic" that proper skills are often neglected because the marathon runner next to him has a better tank. The game needs to adapt to this sadly.

[@EliteReq]

Niran would have had 10 ballon d'ors if it wasn't for the knee injury.

[@jamesedwards3410]

The best young 10s will get turned into false 9s because they can link up but not track back and then the role is completely gone

[@mattf1sh97]

ChrisMD punching the air rn

[@United_Wings]

Oh

[@user-zy5qm8th6x]

The reason why I dont like going to training anymore, I get put on the left with my left foot just to keep crossing the ball en drag back every fcking time. One failed dribble and everything is your fault. If you succeed everyone will call you selfisch

[@spencerlee4410]

niran what is that thumbnail

[@thekingmansplainer6813]

What I don't understand is why separate the beauty from the efficiency? It makes it sound like Bergkamp or Maradona did those skills and runs for the fuck of it. No they did it because it was the best possible decision to make in that moment that's why they were considered class players and not purely smile merchants. And those moments haven't gone away it's that they happen less often and/or are now being taken advantaged of less because of this way of thinking. Hell with pressing I feel like it should be more prevalent because skills are at their most efficient when they're being used to get out of tight spaces like a 2 or 3 man press. Eventually some world class manager is going to advantage of the skill or someone like Xavi Simons or Martin Odegaard and use their skills to find a way to reinvent the position for the modern day, they'll still have to trackback and shit but using their skills to get past a press very quickly then 1 of his teammates will inevitable be open because the heavy defensive focus on 1 guy he'll pass to him bada bing bada boom, goal. There it's still quick efficient soccer but with a little of the magic.

[@jusnew]

Niran "pause" compilation 🙋

[@TerryBollea1]

10s NOT working hard??!!?? Not defending???? M8 are ya taking the piss???!!???

[@yamiali1783]

I'll take a Ford Mondeo if it can bag a goal in Brentford

[@RiskyMain]

4th hehe. love u fng ur the best ytber in the world. no doubt

[@sippinstilli]

Honestly Jeremy lynch is the only man the can save the number 10 at this point

[@aceofspoons8382]

They're just moving too fast for us to notice them nowdays

[@dest6715]

Mad

[@ankrett19]

Works with the whole side of football in general now its like chess now and about tactics whats boring even at international level. Miss the skillful side of the game now.

[@uh.colten]

Ozil saw this video before it was made

[@jay.amp_]

Niran would be 10x better than Lionel Messi, if it wasnt for that horrendous knee injury (and trim).

[@loubojoseph6475]

Arda Güler reminds me of Mesüt Ozil

[@noble_6amer]

Mertens is one of the best number 10s out there and still is class

[@roylastname8589]

Bring the Garnacho ftw

[@Skinlessmage]

I feel like messi is one of the last pure 10s in the game rn from the golden era for that playstyle people tend to overlook that because he is so complete.

[@benjamin59422]

neveer been this early

[@clayongunzelle9555]

As long as can play a football game the number 10 will always stay alive😅😅😅

[@ainanzahid4481]

You shouldve mentioned messi. The best number 10. Including zidane, maradona, cruyff

[@nintendope8837]

In the modern game they kist cant

[@TerryBollea1]

10s ARE NOT CAMS!!!! They are center midfielders!! They HAVE to be able to defend and run!!! What are ya on about me son???!!???

[@brubrulani]

Var is too blame

[@mohamadlife7322]

can we cement rooney as the best nb 10 and end it ?