article_snippet.sent: The Belgium international has been in superb form for Jose Mourinho's side as Jose Mourinho's side look set to win the title .
article_snippet.sent: People may say ‘what about Luis Suarez, Gareth Bale and Robin van Persie?
article_snippet.sent: Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez makes the six-man shortlist after an impressive debut season in England .
article_snippet.sent: There will be a clamour this summer for our top sides to buy more and more exciting, attacking players but the displays of Atletico pair Miranda and Diego Godin and Real’s Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane showed the kind of additions our should be making.
article_snippet.sent: Ramos gets criticised in England for at times being rash but Ramos is
article_snippet.sent: a top-class defender — Ramos emphasised that point on these pages when we spoke last November — and has been at the top for years, while Raphael Varane is a Rolls-Royce who could become the best in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Miranda has attracted the attention of Chelsea and Manchester United and it is easy to see why, but my favourite is Godin, a player who would have no qualms about tackling Ramos grandmother to keep a clean sheet.
article_snippet.sent: Ramos plays with that pure South American grit and steel.
article_snippet.sent: Jamie Carragher says nothing would excite Jamie Carragher more than the arrival of Raphael Varane or Diego Godin to England .
article_snippet.sent: Nothing, though, would excite me more than the arrival of Raphael Varane or Diego Godin.