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I have never been a manager, writes Jimmy Greaves in the Sunday People.

But it is fair to say that had I been, my teams would have made Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle look like George Graham’s Arsenal!

Looking at this all-time greatest Rest of the World XI I’ve selected – having already made a list of the top 50 British footballers of all time – I have certainly put the emphasis on entertainment and attack.

You might look at this team and, save for Paolo Maldini, wonder who was going to win the ball for them. To which I would respond: ‘Who would ever take it off them in the first place?’

I’ve gone for an old-fashioned ‘W’ formation with Pele and Diego Maradona, probably the two greatest footballers of all time, as the inside forwards.

Pele is going to have to track back in this side but he could tackle, believe you me. For all his talk of the Beautiful Game, I once watched him lay out an Argentine opponent with a headbutt in the Maracana! Maradona could be here, there and everywhere too, by the way, and he’s going to have to get his shorts dirty in my team.

Gerd Muller – the absolute master of my own goal-scoring craft – has to play at centre forward. Garrincha simply had to be included too, after I played against him in the 1962 World Cup – a tournament the Brazilian winger dominated every bit as much as Maradona did in 1986.

Lionel Messi will have to make do with a spot on the left wing, with Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, alongside his fellow Real Madrid men Ferenc Puskas and Alfredo Di Stefano.

I think we’ll need to play with at least three or four footballs for this lot, by the way, especially as I haven’t gone for a midfield tackler.

Of course, there was no way I could leave out Zinedine Zidane or Johan Cruyff, two of the most majestic players I have ever witnessed.

The three-man defence will be marshalled by Der Kaiser, Franz Beckenbauer, with Carlos Alberto, scorer of Brazil’s wonderful team goal in the 1970 World Cup Final win over Italy, as right-back - even though he might not need to get forward as much as he’d normally have done.

I played with Maldini’s dad, Cesare, while at AC Milan and have always admired his son’s incredible defensive ability and longevity at that same great club.

In goal, there is only one choice: Russia’s Lev Yashin – the Man in Black – a maker of impossible saves and an absolute nightmare to play against.

John Charles, George Best and Bobby Moore would all have been in with a shout if the side had included Brits.

But here’s my team talk to the Rest of the World boys: "Right lads, we’re all in this together – no room for egos here – so work your socks off and remember there’s no ‘I’ in team!"

Some bloody hope!