who? pirlo? yeah, i heard that too. regardless, now, he is in my (biased) opinion the best dlpm, though i do like xavi. I like how the two d-mids free him from some of the heavy lifting, and allow him to focus more on playmaking, but not only from deep, as he has been pouring forward so far this season relative to last, and making plays in the forward third as well as from the back.
We tend to forget that players are really only human and when they are young and famous and making tons of money especially in Europe. When you consider many Italian men are single still living at home and unmarried well into their 30s and 40's, you wonder how the wealthy young soccer players tend to cope with the outside riggors and partying pressures.