Examples:
Of the current day crop of DLPs, Andrea Pirlo, Xabi Alonso, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick remain typical examples that immediately come to mind. They have ruled the roost for a major part of the past decade or so.
Other examples include Riccardo Montolivo, Nuri Sahin, Claude Makelele, Joao Moutinho, Steven Gerrard (occasionally) and more lately, Mikel Arteta.
Of the current day crop of DLPs, Andrea Pirlo, Xabi Alonso, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick remain typical examples that immediately come to mind. They have ruled the roost for a major part of the past decade or so.
Other examples include Riccardo Montolivo, Nuri Sahin, Claude Makelele, Joao Moutinho, Steven Gerrard (occasionally) and more lately, Mikel Arteta.

