10 most divisive players and managers in the Premier League.
In no particular order, a look at ten of the most divisive figures in the Premier League today, featuring controversial players and managers that no one seems to be able to decide on!
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1) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
A creative genius and game-changer to some, a lazy and big-money flop who hides in the big games to others – and that’s just Arsenal’s own fans on the enigma that is Mesut Ozil.
2) Diego Costa (Chelsea)
A competitive and intelligent centre-forward who makes the most of his physical frame, aggression and overall ability, or an overrated thug who cheats and gets by by simply winding up opponents in an unsportsmanlike manner?
3) Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
An innovator and gentleman who revolutionised English football, bringing some of the best football ever seen to Arsenal and the Premier League, or a stubborn has-been who has massively underachieved and killed the winning mentality that once existed at the north London club?
4) Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)
Jose Marmite-inho – fans and pundits alike if they love him or hate him. On the one hand, the Chelsea boss knows how to drill and motivate a side like few other, and he has a sense of humour too! In the other corner, fans (mainly of Arsenal) will argue that he’s bad for the game, spends vasts amount of money and still gets his sides playing boring defensive football.
5) Emmanuel Adebayor (Unattached)
Despite being average for so much of his whole Premier League career, clubs still seem determined to sign Emmanuel Adebayor, who every once in a while looks like a weird hybrid of Didier Drogba and Thierry Henry.
6) Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City)
Under-appreciated, intelligent, skillful and let go too soon by Liverpool, or an error-prone liability who is little more than a figure of fun?
7) Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United)
One week he’s a flop, the next he’s a powerhouse. Marouane Fellaini has the strange ability of looking like a world beater with his power and smart tactical play, but then also failing to do the simple things and looking slow and sluggish and generally far too big for a football pitch.
8) Alan Pardew (Crystal Palace)
It is impossible to determine if Alan Pardew is a good manager or not. The former Newcastle and West Ham man has achieved some great things and got his sides playing impressive football in the past, and he’s even had a few masterstrokes in the transfer market. And yet, he can seem incredibly dislikeable and lead his teams to disastrous results and relegation battles all the while. The mystery goes on…
9) Louis van Gaal (Manchester United)
Depending on who you listen to, Louis van Gaal is either worse than David Moyes but having spent far more money on some truly awful signings, or he’s revolutionising Manchester United with some great possession football and tactical innovations.
10) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
A Manchester United legend who remains one of their most important players, or a money-grabbing, disloyal, nasty character who has long thought he was bigger than the club despite having only one or two really exceptional seasons in his whole career.
