Welcome to the Holiday Special of the DeRo and the Diehard podcast, where co-host Ben Botelho is ranking the top 5 teams of the half decade counting down from number 5 all the way to the team that will take the crown.

Using Data from accredited websites like Transfermarkt and Football Reference, he will do a deep dive into the advanced analytics, whilst also using public opinion and the eye test to determine not only who was best statistically, but also intangibly

He will not be ranking a team's overall performance from the last decade, but rather selecting a single season edition of a club, and ranking them against their European counterparts.

These are teams that for the past 5 years have won champions leagues, league titles, domestic cups, and not only changed the course of football history by how they played, but etched the ...