Could this be the greatest all-time World Cup XI?

A host of the best players on the planet will be in action at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

They will all be hoping to make a name for themselves alongside some of the greats who have featured in the showpiece tournament over the years.

Here, the PA news agency compiles a greatest all-time World Cup XI.

Lev Yashin

Carlos Alberto

Roving right-back Alberto scored one of the most memorable goals in the history of the World Cup. It was his powerful angled drive, completing a brilliant team move, which sealed Brazil’s 4-1 win over Italy in the 1970 final at the Azteca Stadium. Alberto went on to lift the Jules Rimet Trophy, which was Brazil’s to keep following a third World Cup triumph in Mexico.

Paolo Maldini

Italian defender Maldini played at four World Cups and could operate across the backline. A superb tackler and also graceful on the ball, Maldini helped the Azzurri reach the semi-finals of Italia ’90 and – four years later – was part of the side which finished runners-up to Brazil in the United States.

Bobby Moore

Franz Beckenbauer

Johan Cryuff

Dutch playmaker Cruyff produced a series of brilliant performances at the heart of the Netherlands team playing ‘Total Football’ under Rinus Michels which dazzled their way to the 1974 final. Cruyff, European Footballer of the Year three times, won a penalty inside the opening minute – but the Oranje could not hold out as hosts West Germany mounted a memorable comeback at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

Zinedine Zidane

While Zidane’s World Cup story ended in ignominy when he was sent off in the 2006 final for headbutting Italy defender Marco Materazzi, the French midfielder was integral to Les Bleus memorable 1998 success in Paris. Gifted with grace and power on the ball in equal measure, Zidane scored twice, both headers, as Brazil were beaten 3-0 at Stade de France and was voted FIFA’s World Player of the Year.

Lionel Messi

Diego Maradona

Love him or loathe him, Maradona was at the height of his powers as captain of the triumphant 1986 Argentina squad. He scored one of the most memorable individual goals in the quarter-final win over England – following on from one of the most controversial with his ‘Hand of God’ – before eventually lifting the trophy after defeating West Germany. There were, though, tears four years later as the Germans edged out Argentina 1-0 in Rome and Maradona was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in the USA after a positive drugs test.

Thomas Muller

Pele

A three-time World Cup winner, Pele is widely regarded as the greatest of them all. As a 17-year-old in 1958, he became the youngest player to feature in a World Cup final and scored two goals as Brazil beat hosts Sweden. After injury limited his impact in the 1962 success and then limping off at Goodison Park as Brazil crashed out in 1966, Pele took a starring role in the fabled 1970 team to cement his place in World Cup history.