JOSKO GVARDIOL

(CROATIA)

An emerging defensive star in a Croatia side in need of renewal, the 20-year-old’s last-ditch block on Romelu Lukaku saved the 2018 runners-up from going out to Belgium. “He’s the best defender in the world,” gushed Croatia coach Zlatko

Dalic. “Even if he’s not currently number one, he will become No 1.”