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Published 14:25 27 Apr 2018 BST
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With Arsenal and United due to play this weekend, we've decided to do the opposite, create a not-so-super hybrid of the worst players to feature for both sides during the Premier League era, (because football was invented by Sky Sports in 1992).
Our version reads like a rogues gallery, rather than Keane and Vieira's hall of fame. From the woeful, to the infamous to the 'who the hell is that guy?'
2. Nelson Vivas
Who? Exactly.
3. Andre Santos (C)
The embodiment of Brazilian football's decline, Andre Santos' most memorable moment in a Gunners shirt was swapping it with Robin van Persie at half-time during a game against United. Currently playing in Swiss football, Santos was effectively ran out of Brazil after his own Flamengo fans attacked him following a 4-0 loss.
Two years of abuse from Gunners fans probably doesn't seem so bad now.
4. Pascal Cygan
Arsenal fans had a song about this Frenchman, who terrorised his own defence between 2002 and 2006.
He's bald, he's sh*t He plays when no ones fit Pascal Cygan, Pascal Cygan! He's bald, he's sh*t He's useless on the pitch Pascal Cygan, Pascal Cygan!The defender could've declared to play international football for Spain, qualifying for the Iberian nation through his father. Spain's loss was also Switzerland's loss. On one hand, he never actually played a Premier League game for Arsenal, on the other, he was so bad he never played a Premier League game for Arsenal. Just be happy you at least got into this team Junichi. Costing a then record fee for a teenager, £2 million, Pennant made his debut aged 16 for the Gunners... and things went downhill from there. Currently a free agent, after leaving League One Wigan Athletic, and a spell in the Indian Premier League, Pennant infamously forgot he owned a Porsche and left it behind him in Spain. Note to all young Brazilian footballers, don't call yourself Denilson, those that do currently have a 100% failure rate in European football. Arsenal paid £10 million for the striker from Everton in 2001, Jeffers would make just 39 appearances in two years at Highbury, scoring just eight goals. Nicknamed the 'fox in the box', Jeffers was more like a penalty-area pigeon. Scored the same amount of league goals as he had loan moves. A worthy successor to Jeffers' number nine jersey. You're wearing number 11 today though Park, and you're playing out wide. Never trust a goalkeeper who wears tracksuit bottoms, an obvious first red flag for United when this Italian joined in 1999. Another is letting a tame shot go through your legs, or conceding five against Chelsea. Poor Taibi didn't last long at Old Trafford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esFAGx7RDL4 Five years, one game, you're among friends here Pat. What's that Jonathan Spector, you're not actually a left-back? Well you are today, just be happy we actually remember you. He admittedly sounds like a simulated player that pops up on Football Manager in 2021, but no, Wallwork is an actual player. The defender even featured 28 times in five years for United. This French defender is a testament to how good Eric Cantona was for Manchester United. Only King Eric could, reportedly, recommend such a dud and not receive any backlash from Fergie. Prunier played two games for United in the winter of the 1995/96 season, unfortunately, one of those games was a 4-0 loss to Spurs. Sure, we're playing him out of position, but was he ever really that good in his preferred position? As fast as he was unsuited to playing for a top class team. So good they named him twice, so bad he currently plays in the fifth division of the Swiss league. A potentially controversial choice, (count yourself blessed, Dong Fangzhou), but hear us out. Michael Owen did score a stoppage-time winner against Manchester City, and a goal in a cup final, but that's about it. In a summer when Cristiano Ronaldo was sold, only Alex Ferguson could replace one of the world's best players with a 30-year-old striker, minus his best attribute [pace], who was best days were a distant memory.Owen in his prime was an exciting talent, but he was the definition of a bit-part player at Old Trafford. At least Fergie had someone to discuss horse racing with though. Not only did Kleberson win the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, he was an impressive part of the team. It was skid-row thereafter... Bebe played in the hopeless, sorry, homeless world cup a few months before moving to Old Trafford in the strangest deal on this list. €9 million for a Portuguese second division player? Really Fergie? Really?Bebe played seven games, scoring two goals, in his four year spell at Old Trafford. A Tim Sherwood-esque ratio, but the winger was generally terrible. A worthy captain of this United XI. You think those two teams are bad? Well...
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