Carlo Ancelotti Says He Could Have Played Sergio Ramos As A Striker

Sergio Ramos is the absolute master when it comes to scoring important goals. No-one comes to close to him..

In recent weeks, Ramos has score a last minute header to equalise in El Clasico and also bagged a dramatic winner late against Deportivo in Real's last La Liga fixture at the Bernabeu.

In his career, he has scored two headers at the Allianz Arena to sink Bayern Munich in a Champions League semi-final, he then scored in the Champions League final against Atletico as well as the Club World Cup semi-final and final in the same year.

In the summer, he equalised in the UEFA Super Cup with an archetypal 93rd minute header, before Real went on to win.

Ramos is arguably the greatest goalscoring defender of all-time and his former boss Carlo Ancelotti, now manager of Bayern, admits that he even joked about playing the 30-year old as a striker.

Speaking to AS Diario, he said:

"He continues to score miraculous goals. He does it because he has quality in front of goal.

"In fact, he could easily have been a forward. I sometimes joked with him, telling him I was going to pick him at centre-forward."

(h/t Four Four Two)

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