Arsenal's unbeaten team seems a glaring omission. I could understand if they had been a prosaic outfit who ground out results, but they achieved the seemingly impossible by refusing to compromise their attacking principles.

I can't understand how Cruyff's Barcelona team figures so highly. They won two of their league titles on the last game of the season after Real had capitulated in unlikely circumstances. Also, they were humiliated by Savicevic and co in the 1994 European Cup final. A spledind, attractive side, but slightly overplaced in the all-time top list.

I've always rated the France team of 1982-86 higher than the 1998-2000 vintage. Admittedly, they only had one trophy to show for their efforts, but they had arguably the finest midfield to have graced any European team.

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