The Premier League elites who didn’t get the title they deserved

These players prove the fact that you don’t always get what you deserve, you just get what you get. These players have earned respect, admiration, awards, and in some cases even European titles. But by some twist of fate, these players always seemed to slip up as soon as the football came closer to home. These are some of the top players who have failed to win the English Premier League title during the course of their career.

Shay Given

Before anything else, let’s face the fact that Given has been around in the Premier League for the past 20 years and has perennially figured on the list of the League’s best custodians. The Irishman has stood tall in discipline and consistency for whichever squad he has played and one could say luck and poor decision-making have played equal parts in Given not being a part of any League-winning side yet. He has led Newcastle into the Champions League and made a number of title charges with the same team and left Manchester City the very year that Mancini took charge and led the club to a long-awaited Premier League title.

Gianfranco Zola

A real darling of the fans at Stamford Bridge known for his dribbling and scoring skills, Zola picked up the PFA Player of the Year twice and led Chelsea to Cup Winners’ Cup, FA Cup and League Cup victories in spectacular fashion. But the Premier League title seemed to elude him despite his best efforts. Though he went on to win the Serie A with Napoli, critics say another two to three year association with Chelsea might as well have turned Zola’s fortunes around.

Matt Le Tissier

The Southampton legend, as fate would have it, will always be known for the heights that he could have achieved than what he did. A truly sensational midfielder, Le Tissier has a goals-to-matches ratio of 161 in 443 games of his senior career, which is phenomenal for a medio. The player also has a penalty conversion rate amounting to 47 out of a total 48 that he has taken. But Le Tissier never quite got around to winning a League title which one could say was due to the fact that he played for an average side. He only made 8 appearances for the senior England football side but couldn’t really make a mark. In 2013, he became a Hall of Famer alongside the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best.

Steven Gerrard

As a reader, you probably saw this name coming a mile away. Truly a living legend of our times, generations of Liverpool fans will be indebted to this ‘One Club Man’. Arguably one of the best midfielders in English football history, a leader, a sharp shooter from distance, big match player, Gerrard wore many honours but never got to wear a Premier League medal around his neck. Among a list of honours as extensive as his fan base, he is the only player to have scored a goal in a League Cup final, an FA Cup final, a UEFA Cup final and a Champions League final. Gerrard earned respect from every football fan and will be remembered fondly for his ability to turn a match on its head.                 

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The Best Young Talents in World Football for the Year 2015-16

It has been another exciting year for football fans and every fan, especially those of the Barclays Premier League, saw huge ups and downs and twists and turns in their favourite leagues and matches. While the established stars never fail to dazzle, this was the year when young guns stepped up their game to set the field ablaze with dazzling abilities. So here’s a look at some of the most exciting prospects of world football in the up and coming seasons.

Anthony Martial

The nineteen year old has been a breath of fresh air for a United team that has failed to bring much cheer for their fans. With a transfer fee of $36 million for a teenager untested at the senior level, fans were left shaking their heads at the beginning of the season. But Martial has lived well up to expectations with some great performances that included 5 goals in his first 10 matches. Clinical finishes and great runs down the left flank has generated much hurrah for the youngster who seems to be a permanent addition to the United squad.

Munir El-Haddadi

Barcelona’s famed La Masia football academy seems to have produced another sensation who may as well become the apple of their eyes in coming seasons. Munir El-Haddadi is a forward who has shown immense promise for Barca with a fine display of dribbling and shooting abilities. Being touted as the next Messi by fans, El-Haddadi has already earned himself a cap for Spain wjile playing pivotal roles in Barcelona’s treble triumph last season. The striker has continued his fine rum into this season and will only grow from strength to strength especially when his abilities are such at the age of 20.

Max Meyer

Anyone keeping a decent track of German football has already caught wind of the sheer amount of talent rising up their junior ranks. And amongst them, Max Meyer is second to none. Only 20, the striker has already put three seasons behind him on the Schalke 04 senior team and earned a cap for the German senior team after impressing in the Under 22 and Under 17 World Cups. A playmaker par excellence, Meyer is already a lifeline for the club and is assured to go up the ranks of international football with the years to come. 

Raheem Sterling

The 20 year old striker ran into some controversy and hard feelings from Liverpool fans when he moved to Manchester City last season. But the striker has justified it over and over again after doing a great job and improving his goal return as well as maturing as a striker. The striker is now an integral part of a team that can very well pose challenges for trophies at home and in Europe. Sterling now boasts of a $49 million price tag which is enviable for any young turk in football. His only cloud on the horizon is the weight of expectations when England head to Euro 2016. 

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Players Available For a Free Transfer This Summer

With the end of the current season coming near, all teams in several leagues have started thinking about their next season, the way they could make their squad more strong by adding several players from other clubs or the other leagues. Besides the La Liga, English Premier League and League 1 there had been many leagues from where good players have come through in this current season. For instance the deal which involved Memphis Depay (Manchester United bought this striker from PSV in Netherlands). Besides him, there are also other famous players who have come out from nowhere and had become a star of the elite leagues in Europe.
As this season ends, there will be few players who will be available for a free transfer. This includes the big striker Zlatan Ibrahamovic, the English midfielder Carrick, French international Ben Arfa, Chelsea man John Terry, Spanish forward David Villa. Ibrahamovic is one such player who have not enter the English League but has won titles in all the other great leagues in Europe. At present he plays at PSG but his contract expires at the end of this season. Therefore managers from all the great teams of Europe would be willing to splash their clash on this huge forward (who had already stunned the world with his world class goals). As Zlatan does not like to play in none league for a long period of time, he might have an urge to play for the great English clubs in Europe. With his age being a factor for many clubs, he is still going to get a good number of buyers in the premier league. It is because of his astute pace and his killing short passes at the penalty box that makes him a great striking force for any team. This is a player who has a knack of scoring goals at the important games for the clubs he plays for and therefore he will be involved in a bidding war involving the English giants Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, whose bosses at present have again and again showed interest in this Switzerland international.
No one could forget Carrick's contribution for English football in general and Manchester
United in particular. At the time of Sir Alex, he was the midfield maestro for the Manchester United
team, creating most number of chances for the team and contributing at many title winning
performances in the league. With his contract coming to an end this season at United, it does not
seem that he would be retained by the club where he had played for more than nine years of his
career. With the increasing number of midfielders this bought by United this season, it seems that
Carrick has a very faint chance to retain his place in the United squad for the next season. This
could come as a good news for many clubs in Europe who could count on his experience by buying him and making their midfield strong. By setting up a standard of his own at United, there would not be a lack of buyers coming to buy him at the end of this current season.

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