I was busy scrolling down a page when I stumbled upon this quote that infuriated me, "...this guy is 50 and still does this, it's outstanding. He's about the same level as a Xavi or Iniesta." The quote above was Thierry Henry's way of praising Luka Modric for his outstanding performance against Chelsea, especially that unbelievable pass for Rodrygo's goal. He was being praised here so you have to wonder what got me infuriated. It's none other than the word 'about' used in the quote. The last player to have won the Ballon D'Or asides Messi and Ronaldo in the last 13 years is Modric. So it beats my imagination when people still rate him as about or not in the level of Xavi and Iniesta. Iniesta is a technical genius but I wouldn't place him ahead of Zidane as an attacking midfielder. Xavi was unbelievable and yes, I wouldn't place him far ahead of Pirlo. So why is Modric still rated below these four midfield legends? At 36 Andrea Pirlo moved to the US, Zidane was already retired, Xavi was playing at Al Sadd while Iniesta was at Vissel Kobe. Modric is 36 and dominated PSG and Chelsea. He's the best midfielder of a team that has won four of the last eight Champions League on offer. What does this guy have to do to be placed amongst the best midfielders ever? Well, maybe I'm too inquisitive. Or maybe Modric is underrated because he doesn't enjoy media circus. He's rarely found in the news and you don't see him at press conferences. I don't even want to go into stats that will make this post a lot longer. What I'm sure of is I'm yet to see anyone that will convince me that Modric is not at the same level as Xavi and Iniesta. Maybe he'll finally get the accolades he deserves when he retires. For now, at 36, Modric is still the best midfielder in the world. No one is even close to his magic!