Having a debate with an Italian guy about who is the bigger club and I think it’s close.

Both have won their domestic league 19 times and Milan have 1 more Champions League.

Milan probably have more well known legends like Van Basten, Kaka, Maldini, Gullit and Pirlo. But in recent years Liverpool have had Gerrard, Suarez, Alonso, VVD and Salah.

The current popularity of the Premier League helps Liverpool but Milan also has a huge fanbase.

  • yajtraus@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m not sure where the “bigger legends” thing is coming from. Souness, Dalglish, Rush, Barnes, Hansen and Keegan are some of the best players to ever play in England.

    Then there’s the semi-recent players like Gerrard, Carragher, Owen, Fowler, Suarez and Alonso who were all great players. Even more recent there’s Mane, Firmino and Coutinho who are some of the best to play in the Premier League. Currently there’s Alisson, Van Dijk and Salah who are all time greats.

    I’m sure you could do a similar list for Milan and I’m not saying Liverpool’s legends are definitely “better”, but I don’t think the conversation can just be brushed under the carpet.

    • Itchy_Wrangler5841@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Slippy G-Had and Carra never won the league. Only Souness, Rush and Keegan were deemed good enough by true European giants to play for them. Hansen was incredibly overrated. I only ever hear pundits and true legends mention Keegan out of your list. The rest are only club legends, not football legends.

      • Rolf-Harris-OBE@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        That’s like saying Inesta, Xavi, Messi, Busquets… no European giants deemed them good enough. That Liverpool side was 2x as successful as the peak Barcelona side. Let that set in

    • PioliMaldini@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Callagher and them lil buddies are cool until we bring out Maldini, Costacurta, Baresi. And that’s just Italian CBs. Milan is clear on this front. At least to me. There are club icons/legends. And then there are all time greats, Milan has had more of those in my opinion.

    • aureo_no_kyojin@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Sorry to burst your bubble but no kid nowadays has ever heard of souness, dalgish, rush, barnes, hansen and Keegan.

    • neverfinishedanythi@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I said in our subreddit but: since berlusconi bought milan, not one Liverpool player will go into a combined 11 of the two teams.

      I have some idiots try and say vvd is close to baresi and my brain explodes.