Did you know that there are overrated and underappreciated football players out there? Even Spin Genie says so.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two regular players for football fans and enthusiasts, and there have been arguments over who is superior for decades. However, everyone can agree that they both had the position of being truly outstanding players. The players who are either overrated or underestimated are listed below. Let’s get going.
Thiago Alcantara
What details about Thiago do we know? His birthday is April 11, 1991. He is a central midfielder for Liverpool of the Premier League and the Spanish national team. One of the top midfielders of his time, he is well-known for his precise passes and technical abilities. His play is quite imaginative, and he is a technically brilliant playmaker with superb dribbling and ball-handling ability. Because of this, he can function well as a central midfielder, however, he can also play in a more forward position as an attacking midfielder.
Thiago’s apparent ongoing injury troubles have led some Liverpool supporters to believe that he is not always ready to start. Even though he is good at passing and tackling, he is seen as being absolutely essential to Jurgen Klopp’s game strategy. However, not everyone finds the seasoned midfielder fascinating. Didi Hamann said in a previous season’s interview with a former Liverpool star, “I don’t understand the hype about Thiago. For me, he is one of the most overrated players in European football.”
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Trent, a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team, is the following. Another reason he’s regarded as one of the top full-backs in the world is the variety of passes, crosses, and assists he can make.
Despite reported weaknesses in his defensive skills, his style of play is renowned for his variety of passing, crossing, and assists, and he is regarded as one of the best full-backs in world football. Due to his contribution to goals from early crosses and set-piece deliveries, he emerged as one of the Premier League’s most creative players in the early years of his career.
Reece James and Kyle Walker are two better prospects in Klopp’s opinion for the right-back position. They see Alexander-Arnold as a weakness, despite the fact that former France center-back Frank Lebeoeuf said last week that the 23-year-old was “championship level” defensively.
Leonardo Bonucci
An Italian professional footballer who captains the Italy national team and plays center back for the Bundesliga club Union Berlin. He is regarded as one of his generation’s top defenders. As a three- or four-man defender, Bonucci is well-known for his technique, ball-handling skills, tackling, and versatility. He is frequently used as a ball-playing center-back in a three-man defense due to his style of play as a former midfielder, but he is also able to play in a four-man defense, either in the center or out wide. He is renowned for his technique, passing range, and capacity to use long passes to initiate an attack from the back. The player is tall, mobile, and a strong defender with exceptional positional sense, as well as superb anticipation, solid tackling, and the ability to read the game and mark opponents, even though he isn’t the fastest player over short distances. He is excellent with the ball, but he is also excellent in the air. He frequently threatens goals from set pieces.
The fact that the center-back is their club captain has angered both his own supporters and Juventus fanatics. But Italy also believed that Bonucci had never been a good defender, saying, “He has never been a leader and never will be.”
With Chiellini and Barzagli gone, Bonucci has undoubtedly appeared a little more exposed, but it does seem harsh to completely disregard the defensive abilities of a center-back who was named man of the match in the Euro 2020 final and included in the team of the tournament, more for the gritty work he did in defense than for his eye-catching contributions.
Ousmane Dembélé
He is a French professional footballer who competes for both the France national team and Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain as a winger.
He plays in a winger-like manner. Due to his ability to use both feet and his technical skill, speed, and agility to get past opponents or defeat defenders in one-on-one scenarios, he may play flank. He is also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder on the left or right. He is also excellent at long-range shooting, which is another strength.
He moved to Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund five years ago for an original value of €105 million (£92 million or $103 million), but he almost left the club for free in the summer. He claimed that if he had been signed, he would have been among the worst purchases in football history. He said, “I wasted a lot of time from 2017 to 2021.”
Paulo Dybala
A professional footballer from Argentina who represents both the Argentina national team and Serie A club Roma as an offensive midfielder or winger. He is renowned for his superb dribbling skills, fast feet, and goal-scoring eye. He is a skilled player with a low center of gravity who is quick, imaginative, elegant, and agile. In addition, he is renowned for his outside-the-box shooting prowess and accuracy, dribbling prowess, balance, close control in confined spaces, and his capacity to outduel opponents in one-on-one scenarios while holding the ball up for teammates with his back to the goal.
It was amazing that 8,000 fans came out to welcome him when he was officially introduced as a Roma player. However, several football supporters questioned the significance of the uproar. Juventus had let the Argentine’s contract expire as of the last time we saw him because of ongoing injury issues and inconsistent play.
João Félix
A professional footballer from Portugal who plays forward for the Portugal national team and La Liga club Barcelona while on loan from Atletico Madrid. He may also operate as an attacking midfielder or winger.
His versatility allows him to play in a variety of offensive positions; over his career, he has been used as a striker, a second striker, and even as a winger, although his favorite position is that of an attacking midfielder. He is renowned for being a highly skilled and technical player capable of playing in a variety of offensive positions.
With 100 games for Atletico Madrid, he already has a plaque on the “Legends Walk” at the Wanda Metropolitano.
In Spain, it would probably be impossible for the Portuguese to become popular. He has only sometimes shone since joining Atleti from Benfica in 2019, failing to live up to his astronomical €126 million (£106 million/$138 million) transfer fee. That seemed a huge amount of money at the time.
Jack Grealish
A left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League team Manchester City and the England national team. An English professional football player. One of the best wingers in the world, according to many. He is renowned for his strong defensive skills as well as his dribbling and playmaking skills. He is frequently regarded as one of England’s most well-liked and marketable athletes.
He established himself as a fine player at Aston Villa, but it was never clear if he was talented and self-disciplined enough to compete at the highest level.
