Stars from Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United are among the many Premier League gamers castigated by their very own supporters in addition to neutrals this season – however who’s essentially the most maligned?
Each membership has somebody whose inclusion on the teamsheet results in mass eye-rolling, however some are the butt of jokes throughout the nation.
We’ve ranked the ten most at present maligned Premier League gamers, with Florian Wirtz lately enjoying his means off the rostrum and the likes of James McAtee escaping wider consideration.
10. Ibrahima Konate
Konate nonetheless hasn’t signed a contract extension at Liverpool, because of expire in June, and hasn’t helped his trigger with a collection of calamitous performances.
Having been on Actual Madrid’s radar for his defensive excellence, the Frenchman has exhibited all of the focus of a goldfish that necked a pint of Stella.
Madrid’s curiosity has unsurprisingly ended. Liverpool followers aren’t fairly able to forgive and neglect.
9. Thierno Barry & Beto
Poor Everton; David Moyes’s aspect can be difficult the highest six with a correct striker.
Alas, Moyesie’s by no means had the perfect eye for a correct goalscorer and has often resorted to changing a midfielder or winger (Cahill, Arnautovic, Antonio) into his foremost frontman.
We will’t separate Barry and Beto, who’re each effectively acquainted with cow’s backsides and banjos.
Everton must throw every little thing at Liam Delap this summer time, a participant losing away at Chelsea who would slot in completely on the Hill Dickinson.
8. Anthony Elanga
Fifty-five million kilos. Newcastle paid £55million for the TikTok Shaun Wright-Phillips, minus the ball expertise and penchant for the spectacular.
Elanga was efficient in a inflexible Nottingham Forest group that shamelessly utilised his tempo and little else.
That didn’t cease Eddie Howe, one other British supervisor with a patchy file within the switch market, from swooping in.
9 months later, Elanga is warming the bench and Howe is bemoaning Newcastle’s monetary restrictions to a refrain of microscopic violins.
7. Alejandro Garnacho
Garnacho has his moments, however he’s nowhere close to nearly as good as he thinks he’s. We’ll be amazed if Chelsea haven’t cashed in by the summer time of 2027.
6. Pedro Neto
Neto is an odd case for these on the surface wanting in. The winger generates a variety of venom from Chelsea followers regardless of being one among their higher gamers this 12 months.
However you look nearer at his scoring file (36 in 10 years), his blind man enjoying darts perspective to crossing and Gary Neville calling him a ‘smidgen away’ from Eden Hazard and you’ve got a participant to set your enamel on edge.
It’s not unattainable to see Neto replicating Marc Cucurella’s journey from scapegoat to Stamford Bridge cult hero.
We may equally see him offered to AC Milan to make room for Chelsea’s newest shiny new toy. It may go both means.
5. Cody Gakpo
As Shane Warne as soon as mentioned about Monty Panesar, Gakpo has performed the identical Liverpool recreation 163 instances.
The Netherlands worldwide is an skilled at reducing inside and firing over the bar, usually with better-placed team-mates tearing their hair out – an occupational hazard in Mo Salah’s case.
Gakpo hasn’t been helped by his supervisor, with Arne Slot insisting on enjoying him by way of tough spells of kind whereas different Liverpool gamers are given minimal alternatives.
He’s both a demon on the coaching pitch or has compromising movies of Slot in an Amsterdam coffeeshop.
4. Guglielmo Vicario
This could possibly be any one among Tottenham’s shambolic squad, however Vicaro edges out £200k-a-week(!) Conor Gallagher and persistently cursed Richarlison.
The Spurs goalkeeper enjoys an identical success charge with crosses as Dracula and might often be discovered berating colleagues for objectives that have been 100% his fault.
His ball-playing capability isn’t ok, he’s terrible at defending set-pieces and doesn’t seem like a very sturdy chief on the pitch.
No marvel Tottenham followers have metaphorically minimize their losses with the gloved Italian.
3. Max Kilman
There was an amusing clip of West Ham’s assistant coach Paco Jemez castigating Nuno Espirito Santo for bringing on Kilman as a late sub within the current win over Sunderland.
Jemez had clearly been consuming with followers in Hackney Wick beforehand, all of whom share a disdain for his or her £40million centre-back that might energy the Nationwide Grid.
Kilman was imagined to be the bedrock of West Ham’s backline, however has been simply outmuscled, out-thought and outplayed by opposition strikers.
It’s no shock the Hammers’ tentative revival has coincided with Kilman being dropped. Axel Disasi’s early performances make him look much more amateurish.
2. Manuel Ugarte
Ugarte is a strolling demonstration that not each South American footballer is blessed with good approach.
The £42million midfielder has been desperately disappointing for United; his appearances off the bench usually sufficient for the Stretford Finish hardcore to weigh up whether or not to beat the visitors.
Uruguayan gamers are notorious for his or her garra charrua, the warrior spirit that permits the nationwide group to punch effectively above their weight.
However Ugarte has appeared incapable of opening a crisp packet. Destined for the Turkish Tremendous Lig.
1. Viktor Gyokeres
No contest. Even with a couple of extra objectives lately, Gyokeres remains to be everybody’s favorite punchline.
The Swede inherited Arsenal’s No. 14 shirt, as soon as worn by Thierry Henry, and has appeared extra like Francis Jeffers.
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