Guinea against Guinea. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Guinea · 2000s · CB
Forty thousand Celtic fans picked Baldé as the club's first Player of the Year in 2003, the season the 1.96m centre-back played 12 of their 13 UEFA Cup ties on the road to the final in Seville. He won five Scottish league titles, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups at Parkhead, lost that final 3-2 to Porto, and took 52 caps to four Africa Cup of Nations with Guinea. Career record: 52 caps and 2 goals for Guinea; club career at Toulouse, Celtic, AC Arles.
Guinea · 2015–22 · CM
Liverpool triggered his release clause on 28 August 2017 and then waited ten months for him, agreeing there and then that he would not walk into Anfield until 1 July 2018. The Champions League in 2019, the Premier League in 2020, the Club World Cup and Super Cup the same year, FA Cup and League Cup in 2022, back-to-back doubles at Salzburg, and Guinean Footballer of the Year in 2015 and 2021. Career record: 58 caps and 12 goals for Guinea; club career at FC Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Liverpool.
The almanac puts Naby Keita ahead by 5 rating points, 87 against 82.
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