A Premier League all-star XI: young, energetic and upwardly mobile

Fifa’s The Best awards included a wonderful team of the year – from Buffon to Ronaldo – but these stars are getting a little bit old and some of the finest youngsters in world football are playing in England

When Andy Warhol was asked his opinion on photography he replied: “My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person.” No doubt Warhol would have found a lot to like about Fifa’s The Best awards, which took place in London last month, and featured a swarm of very famous footballers looking glossed and styled and engaged as ever in an unofficial competition to source and procure the most appalling plum-coloured velveteen triple-sequinned dinner jacket available to mankind.

This year The Best also featured a famous football photograph. In its own way it is a defining image of a certain era, the selfie taken by the host, Idris Elba, that managed to cram all 11 members of Fifa’s team of the year in front of the same camera lens.

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