Many people would probably say the team they support is the best team in the world or the best of all time. With that slightly biased approach then Manchester United and Real Madrid would win the vote since they have the biggest worldwide fan bases in the world. However, deciding this debate is a little more intricate than that. Club statistics, trophies won, Champions League success and the players they have had all have to be taken into account to fairly assess each teams claim to be 'the best ever' or the current best in the world. Take Real Madrid for example. They have won the Champions League the most times (including when it was named just the European Cup) with a total of 9 victories and they are one of the most successful teams in current Spanish football. With the money they have they have been able to purchase world class squad after world class squad and they will always be able to continue doing this. When the current team gets old or players leave in a few years time they will most likely be easily able to replace them with more top quality talent as they have always done. Barcelona are Real Madrid's main threat to Spanish dominance now and are currently better in technical ability and passing and almost everything else. Barca are seen by most to be the current best team in the world and winning the Champions League in 2006, 2009 and 2011 showing their dominance in Europe. They are almost the most successful team in Spain on a domestic level too with 21 La Liga trophies to their name. They boast the best attacking force in Europe with Lionel Messi the best player in the world and Xavi and Andres Iniesta supporting Messi. Manchester United have won the Champions League 3 times and have reached the final 3 times in the last 4 years. On a domestic front, they have won the Premier League 19 times which is the most any English Club has ever won and they are currently top of the league pushing for a 20th title. They have one of the best managers to ever grace the game and were the only English team to achieve a treble in 1999. Ajax have won the Champions League a total of 4 times in a period where they dominated European football winning a treble in the 70's as well as consecutive European Cup glory. They are traditionally one of the top 3 clubs in the Netherlands with Feyenoord and PSV, and they always challenge for the Eredivise title. AC Milan are also a huge team and very successful winning 7 Champions League titles and 18 Serie A titles. The most successful team in Italy however, is Juventus and they have won the league 27 times. Milan share their ground with their fierce rivals Internazionale and it is one of the most impressive grounds in Italy with a capacity of 80,074.
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