Lucas Moura has quite the job on his hands when it comes to picking his dream XI from the players he's played alongside during his football career. Coming through Sao Paulo's youth system and making his debut for the Brazilian club in 2010 before later going on to play for Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham, the 29-year-old has also represented Brazil 35 times.
Having played with the likes of Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Neymar, Ronaldinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, it was never going to be a straightforward pick at all for the Tottenham man. So who exactly does make it into his best XI? The winger revealed all to Brazilian outlet TNT Sport.
Starting in goal, Hugo Lloris may have saved Spurs time and time again during Lucas' spell in N17 but the Frenchman doesn't make it into the XI. Instead, Sao Paulo legend Rogerio Ceni is selected between the sticks and it's perhaps not hard to see why given he scored a staggering 131 goals in his career.
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Lucas' backline then has a Brazilian theme about it with four of his former Paris Saint-Germain teammates selected. Dani Alves and Maxwell start at right-back and left-back respectively, with Thiago Silva and Marquinhos then getting the nod at the heart of the defence.
Another former Paris Saint-Germain player in Thiago Motta is then selected just ahead of the four-man defence and is partnered by Tottenham hero Mousa Dembele. Lucas may have only spent 12 months in north London with the Belgian but he clearly did make a huge impression on him in their short time together.
Lucas then picks himself in his team in an attacking midfield role, with a mouthwatering front three of Neymar, Son and Kane completing his XI. His selection means that incredible players such as Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani miss out in attack.
The team, of course, wouldn't be complete without a manager to guide them, with Lucas having previously worked under Carlo Ancelotti, Laurent Blanc, Unai Emery, Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte. It perhaps won't come as a surprise to see the experienced player plumped for Mourinho as manager, especially with Lucas waxing lyrical about the proven winner time and time again when working together at Tottenham.
Lucas Moura's dream team: Rogerio Ceni; Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Maxwell; Mousa Dembele, Thiago Motta; Lucas Moura; Son Heung-min, Neymar, Harry Kane
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