Here are 10 footballers who look lost at their club.
First on the list is Lionel Messi. Since the Argentina captain joined PSG in 2021, he has not
really felt at home. He struggled to score in his first season, and although he has managed to find
his form in front of goal in his second season, he still somehow looks so out of place there.
The fans don’t exactly love him and he doesn’t seem to have that much love for the club or the
city either. At this point, it’s pretty certain that he’ll be leaving Paris in
the summer. He seems to be eyeing a return to Barcelona, but we’ll see how that plays out.
Speaking of Barcelona, the player who took over Messi’s number 10 jersey there
looks like he’s being weighed down by the pressure that comes from wearing the shirt.
Ansu Fati is a bright young talent who came up from the Barcelona academy and he used to
be so unstoppable until injuries came for him. The lad was out for several months
due to a recurring knee injury, and since he came back, he has not been the same person.
Right now, Ansu Fati looks so lost at Barcelona. A section of
the fanbase is even calling for the youngster to be sold in the summer.
Speaking of being sold in the summer, Bayern seem
to be considering that with Sadio Mane whom they just bought from Liverpool last season.
Mane is currently the highest-paid player at Bayern Munich but he has not really shown
that on the pitch. Bayern naturally were looking for someone to replace Lewandowski
and the goals he brought, but Mane has only managed 7 goals in the Bundesliga;
1 since November. He really does look lost.
But he surely doesn’t look as lost as Harry Maguire does at Manchester
United. Since Lisandro Martinez joined last summer, Maguire has almost permanently been
relegated to the bench. And even when he’s given some game time,
he looks so out of place; like he doesn’t know what he’s still doing at the club.
He’s the club captain, but right now, a left-back, Luke Shaw, is preferred to him in
the center-back position in the absence of Varane and Martinez. That alone tells you all you need to
know about his current situation at Manchester United. He’ll most likely leave in the summer.
Meanwhile, at the other side of Manchester, it is Kalvin Phillips
who looks really lost. He was signed from Leeds for 45 million pounds last summer,
and we’re sure he expected to play more, but he has really struggled for game time at the Etihad.
But well, you could say he’s the luckiest lost boy ever because he
seems like he’ll be ending the season with a Premier League medal around his neck. No
wonder he was cheesing so hard when he was brought on in the game against West
Ham. He knows he has now played enough games to earn a Premier League medal.
Laporte is another guy who currently looks lost at the Etihad. Even with
Pep now deciding to use 4 center-backs in defense most of the time these days,
Laporte still can’t seem to get a spot in the starting lineup.
But he’s the one we’re least worried about on this list. Pep’s players usually have periods
when they seem like they’re falling out of favor. We’ve seen it with Ake, Bernardo Silva,
Mahrez, Grealish, and Foden in the past, but they always get back into the team sooner or later.
So, Laporte might be lost now, but we believe he’ll find himself soon enough.
He started the game against Leeds after all.
But we don’t exactly see that same path for Fabio Carvalho at Liverpool. The 20-year-old has looked
so damn lost since moving to Anfield last summer. Things looked good at the beginning of the season,
but halfway into the season, everything changed. Did he fall out of favor with Klopp or something?
We really don’t know. What we know is that the German boss just suddenly stopped playing the
lad. He is either left on the bench or not even included in the squad at all.
You want to know how crazy it’s been for the Portuguese midfielder? Listen to this,
Carvalho has played a total of 5 Premier League minutes since November. 5 minutes,
not games. MINUTES! That’s crazy. And no, he has not been injured. Now,
it feels like he should just have remained at Fulham.
Speaking of injuries, Paul Pogba has been unfortunate
to be plagued with them since his return to Juventus last summer,
and that has made him look so lost in Turin. He has played a total of 7 games in all
competitions this season and has not managed any goal contribution in any of these games.
We know how very talented Pogba is, so we hope he can find himself next season,
because this season is already pretty much over.
Now, this next one might sound a little wild, but it’s very true. Allan Saint-Maximin
looks really lost at Newcastle. For the longest, the skillful winger was Newcastle’s main man up
front, but the club seems to be moving on from him and his injuries aren’t helping at all.
Right now, the Magpies have Isak, Joelinton,
and Willock who can operate effectively from the left wing, so Saint-Maximin slowly seems
to be losing his status as the guy whose place in the starting lineup is always guaranteed.
With Newcastle preparing for Champions League football and a possible title race next season,
they might be looking to let go of their injury-laden star man in the summer.
Finally, Aurelien Tchouameni does look lost at Real Madrid. Things started out all right for
him following his 80 million-euro move from Monaco last summer, but in recent times,
it seems like he only starts games when Ancelotti is trying to rest the more important players.
He is obviously not the boss’ preferred guy for the big games. He has currently not started a
Champions League game for Real Madrid since the group stages and he has started only 1 of the
5 El Clasico games that were played across all competitions this season. Can’t lie,
the Frenchman looks a little lost over there.
There are surely more guys who currently look lost in their current teams. Eden Hazard,
Aubameyang, Jamal Lascelles, Kieran Tierney… keep the list going in the comments.
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