I think Anelka was way above average as a player so I wouldn’t be able to get behind this one haha.
Of all the things you could say about Anelka, I don’t think questioning his quality flies. What his career really shows is the impact on any career of being surrounded by the wrong advice.
Bojan Krkic.
He won me so much on Football Manager
Gerard Pique.
This one may be a bit harsh but I shall say it anyways:
Khedira.
1 x Bundesliga
1 x La Liga
5 x Serie A
1 Champions League
1 World Cup
Deschamps
Divock Origi, right place right time.
Ryan Giggs
I reckon there are a lot of players who played under Fergie who could be named in this thread.
I don’t think he’s average and his pressing and good alround play have been vital for Liverpool but James Milner has an incredible CV for his level of talent
Sammy Lee in his time would be similar. Balance players really.
Gary Neville
Fergie’s teams had a few tossers that won things they should never have come close to winning.
Olivier Giroud is up there for me in this era. I don’t think he’s garbage but he’s had an amazing career in relation to what he actually brings to the table.
John O’Shea
Being English and fairly insular when it comes to the football I watch, my mind went immediately to Phil Neville and Nicky Butt.
As much as I despised Gary Neville, I can’t get behind him receiving a shout in this thread. I think he was actually a really good right back, he wasn’t Man U and England number 1 for that long for no good reason.
He actually had a great attitude and that runs through a lot of players that get played down in that era under Fergie.
Absolutely no imo.
Alvaro Morata
Seems to move for 50m each time without doing much
100%
Can’t see what he did that Lee Dixon couldn’t.
Absolute prick of a man, too.