There was once a time when midfielders were required to do it all. Now, however, sides are seeking specialists and defensive midfield is an integral area of any team. From the enforcers to the artists ...

There are several terms for the player in the deepest midfield role. The defensive midfielder. The holding midfielder. The sitting midfielder. The anchorman. They all convey roughly the same kind of ...

'The best defensive midfielders in the world' is the kind of list we might not have been able to publish 20-odd years ago. According to a raging Roy Keane, midfielders weren't separated into ...