Castrol Football Rankings

I'm usually not one for promoting corporate websites but a friend recently forwarded me this fascinating soccer ranking site sponsored by the Castrol oil company. As you'll see, they've ranked the world's top footballers starting with Barca's Lionel Messi as #1. Of course, footie fans can (and will) argue 'til the cows come home about this sort of thing. The most interesting aspect of the site is that you can use the pull-down menus in the middle of the page to see the rankings sorted by club side or international team. I did a quick search of the top rated sides for WC 2010 and found that Spain seemed to have the strongest squad (no surprise there) but that Brazil might be over-rated at #2 in most observer's estimations. Check out the site by cutting and pasting the following link:

http://www.castrolfootball.com/rankings/rankings/