10 Footballers Who Dramatically Declined!

[@socceram]

Remember how good Adriano was before he threw it all away! Had 99 shot power on PES back in the day! Lucky to escape the list 😂

[@Agent.K.]

Soccer AM -Center -pass to Adriano - run fast past a player or two -shoot with full power as soon as you see the penalty box Pes 2006!

[@killercaos123]

The amount of brilliant Brazilians, that eventually turned bad are staggering: Kleberson, Caio Ribeiro, Adailton, Robinho, Denilson, Jo, Alex Rodrigo Dias Da Costa ( "Alex"), Andre Santos, Branco, Gilberto da Silva Melo ("Gilberto"), Roque Junior, Afonso Alves.... the list can keep going and going....

[@footballcenter1964]

killercaos123 And Pato

[@Agent.K.]

killercaos123 Ganso. Remember when he was the next kaka.

[@samuelgoncalves5616]

I don't think Alex turned bad. I mean, he played well in every team he was on. He didn't make to 2 WC due to injuries.

[@FootballDaily]

Wayne Rooney went from scoring 34 goals a season to just 7...ouch!

[@marcusrashford8812]

Football Daily I hope i don't end up like him

[@danialasad108]

Marcus Rashford Are you real

[@ryancuddy3265]

Dantheman //DTM Are you a spastic

[@londonman7608]

+Marcus Rashford lolololol

[@AvernoGaming]

The baldness gave him his powers.

[@nikhellauton860]

R.I.P Wayne Rooney's Career August 31 2004 - 2013

[@juventusfansinceronaldolef5702]

Nikhel Lauton R.I.P your comment 3/5/17 -3/5/17

[@scottmcconnell7356]

abdou sisay haha your funny.... 😒

[@Mattheuw1154]

August 31 2004? Are you sure? He started at 16, he is 32 years old now and we have the year 2017. EDIT: I now got the joke. ^^

[@808ilias]

What's the joke ????

[@Rohan-cb9ex]

lol

[@ravzb40]

Ah Diego was once a Fifa Legend of the game with his free kicks 👌

[@fifagamerhd00]

FIFA 13 with Reus and Esswein at ST and Diego at CAM. 👌

[@killercaos123]

You're Not That Guy I bet you wouldn't say the same thing about people that play Football Manager. You shwantz.

[@BLACKPANTHER-ps1fi]

RavB40 yeh he was in FIFA 13 I signed him paying 55m

[@fifagamerhd00]

You're Not That Guy Obviously because anyone who plays FIFA has no knowledge of real life football. Even though the only reason someone would get FIFA is if they actually enjoy Real Life Football.

[@reecemeakin4787]

You're Not That Guy So what about David Meyler hes a Fifa 'kid' and is also a professional footballer does that still mean he knows nothing about football?

[@nandinisinha7866]

That Torres is missed 😢😢😢

[@sodaking6858]

Nandini Sinha another player that vastly under achieved at Liverpool lol

[@timoe360]

Soda King Torres’s was his best at Liverpool are you drunk?

[@spikespoke5446]

Rooney didn't decline he aged

[@ilovealex2347]

CrikeyItsSpikey nah he got hair plugs

[@killercaos123]

Whereas Zlatan has gotten better with age.

[@harryrivas9379]

CrikeyItsSpikey yes he has but it was age

[@spikespoke5446]

i know but it was a joke

[@emirates111]

as if

[@ants84]

What about Adriano?

[@calamorta]

ants84 Should be here over Adebayor

[@jdoggrulez]

Gigi Lentini and Tomas Brolin also come to mind

[@007Fusiion]

He more just fell apart. Sad really. Never forget that weird move to Roma.

[@o.m.c756]

Dan South One of the best strikers in the World around the mid 2000s...

[@khylelewis]

you're right the majority of these guys careers didnt go downhill all of a sudden anyway. Kaka, Gourcuff, Essien etc. were down to injuries. If they going to use that as a benchmark Brazilian Ronaldo shoulve been number 1, or even perhaps Maradonna.

[@7RIPOD]

what about falcao?

[@deangreen2567]

Loki Hoody He's picking up some form again. Not as class as he was but he's still got some time to pick up more

[@abelathafilbert9643]

same with Ballotelli

[@malikwaite9122]

Loki Hoody Idiot

[@s2Capacidade2s]

Jackson Martinez is a more significant case. He disappeared after just half a season in Atletico lol

[@Mattheuw1154]

Torres does, too though.

[@oddharaldauglend4977]

Is this just 10 footballers who got injured? (exept rooney)

[@mrsloth428]

Odd Harald Auglend yeah you're right

[@Ljhfbji458]

Odd Harald Auglend Rooney didn't get injured. he aged.

[@harryreeve7674]

Well, Rooney did have a bad spell with injuries in his mos recent few seasons. But ultimately Rooney was just an early bloomer, and his body gave in; just too slow now.

[@andertonchigoneka5237]

Rooney got injured many times he got injured four times in 2007-08 and never played 38 games so what shit are you eating the had many injuries so maybe you should Watch football and not just he a hater

[@hydra4251]

Micheal Owen should be on here

[@stain4128]

If it wasn't for his injuries kaka would have won more ballon dor he is great #never4get/greatness

[@joeutm212]

Sturridge

[@mojok7070]

Rooney started playing as a CAM/CM when RVP came. He still scored 10+ goals from from 12/13 even last season when LVG played him in strike he was hitting form earlier in 2016. But this season he's not been so great. Been benched for like half of the season. He's not going to score many goals now but he still assisting goals that's maybe his new way of playing. He hardly played this season and still has more assists than Ozil

[@alexfournier8574]

Mojo Khan but that's because the whole prem is playing "Where's Ozil?"

[@beoteo7523]

AlexF 21 g

[@beoteo7523]

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[@beoteo7523]

AlexF 21 g

[@The_Dead_Zone]

RVP ended Rooney's career , Robin was far better and Manchester Utd won the title purely because of his arrival .How many assists did Rooney get last season ? Özil got 19 highest in the premier league and why Arsenal finished 2nd and why Manchester Utd finished 5th lol . Rooney's decline has been on the cards for a good 4 years he's shit .

[@GloTheActivist300]

I think Ronaldinho should be on this list. He was amazing at Barca until they won the UCL then he went downhill and didn't win the league for 2 years, then once Pep was in charge they sold him he didn't really do much at AC Milan or anywhere else.

[@calamorta]

Bigga He was good in 2013 though. His season was better than Neymar's imo.

[@scottmcconnell7356]

Bigga just because he didn't win trophies doesn't mean he wasn't a sensational player!

[@GloTheActivist300]

***** am I supposed to feel sorry for you?

[@ravzb40]

Bigga its because the Samba king loved to party instead of train like Messi and Ronaldo.

[@vitorbueno4301]

He did great in Libertadores for Atletico Mineiro here in Brazil. But desconsidering this, it went really downhill.

[@soufianhd5587]

essien was sick in Chelsea

[@CockHungryWalrus]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@somerandomusername7637]

Where's Michu

[@sataniccyanide6976]

ashley rodrigues I don't think one season wonders count.

[@somerandomusername7637]

Godly God Ahhh ok thanks

[@mattmatthias1446]

ashley rodrigues He is one season wonder

[@Musica20009]

Yeah let’s leave Michu out of this these guys just didn’t want it Michu was doing everything possible but that injury really messed him up

[@claptonultras7236]

Lads you've got to stop saying 'spunked' so often. It's getting a bit weird.

[@raoulprice1047]

Clapton Ultras Mate You Just Spunked The Comments

[@SanganozusLP]

goetze

[@SanganozusLP]

Of course it's not his fault, but that doesn't change the fact, that he had the potential to become one of the top 5 players in the world...

[@TheMattmatt1234]

Sanganozus I'd say him too, especially aster scoring the winning goal for Germany in the world cup...

[@reintayyan]

goetze has a disease that why

[@sandpaperhd1905]

Ö

[@alfie7223]

I support man City but I wouldn't say Rooney declined it was United who declined and sadly took Rooney down with him

[@zaidanrama7301]

instagram sent me yet agaainnn!!!

[@FootballDaily]

Good man!

[@NarutoUzumaki-lx1bl]

Football Daily He's not your student! Haha

[@macedoniaunited8526]

Rooney is legend

[@harryrivas9379]

Gabriel Stojovsku was

[@avademonet5646]

How can you used to be a legend? Once a leg always a leg.

[@ianiquechantre7110]

Harry Rivas Once a legend always a legend

[@harryrivas9379]

Ianique Chantre so he is a legend by how he is playing right now or does he suck now and still a legend

[@thereallifelennyface7419]

Gabriel Stojovsku He's not a legend He's love, he's life

[@kh.g4049]

That is why Ronaldo and Messi are the greatest not because they are the most skilled, but because of their hard work which leads to consistency.

[@boynextdoor1951]

Jpk Channel do you know anything else except Ronaldo and Messi?

[@Chriiss98]

Hatem Ben Arfa was a brilliant prospect, Ravel Morrison and Woodgate fall under this title as well!

[@kizdog0129]

NUFCTANTI no one knows what Ravel went through / is still going through so you would expect the decline if you knew what happened so stop talking!

[@kieranross4547]

Kiz Dog01 What exactly did he go through?

[@DC-zn6oo]

As a liverpool fan we rate Arshavin lool

[@n.h187]

Rooney costs us £2.5M per goal per season, whereas ronaldo costs real Madrid £520,000 per goal.

[@БориславМитрев-м9р]

Noor Hussain Rooney can't reach 20 goals per season nowadays.Ronaldo scores 50+ for what 6-7 seasons.

[@hamroll9608]

Noor Hussain playing against teams like osasuna😂

[@mojok7070]

Rooney is more of a midfilder in the last few seasons. It was LVG who started playing him in CM so he was hardly going to score more goals but at times even last season when he played as a striker earlier on 2016 Rooney was on fire with goals until his injury in February which Rashford arrived and Rooney was forced to play in cm. But these days I see Jose playing him on the wings which doesn't makes sense since he lacks pace. If he starts he should always play in CAM.

[@donweezing]

ham roll hat-trick against bayern and atletico madrid recently lol dumbass

[@hamroll9608]

Weezing FS no I'm just saying it's in an easier league to score in

[@owengibbonz99]

To be fair Adebayor didnt want to go to Man City, Arsenal wanted money more than having him & Adebayor just didnt fit into any other squad after that

[@bjarksi69]

GiBBaNa HD dab

[@ryonfagon6279]

GiBBaNa HD cringe

[@owengibbonz99]

ryon fagan look up the meaning of cringe & come back to me you fool

[@MorenoWanderley]

Diego is recovering his good football. He's been the master key to 2017's Flamengo at Libertadores. And some journalists think that he already deserves a call to Brazilian National Team. At least to be on the bench

[@arsenalatletigoldenera]

Torres; (((

[@udayaai]

Honorable mentions : Adriano, Robinho, Hleb, Song, Gotze, Veron, Anelka, Soldado, Owen, Mutu, Cassano, Giovani Dos Santos, Drenthe, Recoba

[@azhimahmad5652]

Where the hell is Ronaldinho? you put Kaka in here yet didnt include Ronaldinho...kaka was blighted by injuries and probably the most devastating moment for me as his fans..he's my favourite player but sadly injuries killed his career..but unlike Ronaldinho, he used to party so much after he won it all..tho it's very pleasing to watch him play but how I wished he could stop partying and drinking so he could be in his prime for more than 8-10 years just like Messi and CR..damnnnnnnn

[@siddharthkhandelwal3161]

I feel your frustration! Ronaldhino was among the best just because of his crazy talent. Dedication would have elevated him to The Greatest Ever!

[@PeterEhik]

This may sound like I'm being a dickhead but when Chelsea were linked with Torres after the world cup, I kept saying they should be looking at Suarez instead. I watched Suarez in the world cup and I was so impressed and I kept wondering why Chelsea weren't in for him, I didn't think he was gonna be as good as he turned out to be, alls I kept thinking at the time was that he was a no good son of a bitch that no one would ever wanna play against. While Torres' form in the world cup showed the type of player he had become, his lightening pace was gone and he relied heavily on it, for me it was a no-brainer that the better signing at the time was Suarez.

[@vivekasbhat]

What about Messi and Neymar Jr?

[@der_blitzschutz]

lmao

[@AlexsSportsNews]

It's more of that Rooney got dropped and was put in the midfield. Yea his form dropped but it wasn't just because of him. Subscribe to me for the latest Daily Football News!

[@AlexsSportsNews]

Still a legend

[@abelathafilbert9643]

still hoping for a comeback

[@joeutm212]

Alex's Sports News it's also cause he's fat

[@mojok7070]

Alex's Sports News Also Mourihno playing him as a winger at times which makes no sense. He hasn't got that pace anymore. He should only be playing in CAM or ST

[@jayden1stt]

Alex's Sports News ur hairline dropped tho...

[@lpskillz855]

It's not Rooney's fault that he went to scoring 7 in a season he got dropped to midfield and he keeps getting put on the bench so. It's not Rooney's fault and he is the best Manchester United player in history.

[@ricardoalmeida4719]

S_ Hussain4646 Are you really saying Ronaldo didn't do shit in United? So the ballon d'or, golden boot, champions, etc came around for no reason? What a joke. Ronaldo was the best but Rooney was more decisive because he stayed there for 13 years.

[@loicparisius7762]

Diego scored a beautiful goal vs barca

[@marcomelena5520]

Loïc Parisius messi scored a beautiful last minute game winner goal vs Real Madrid

[@shaylinmunsamy8329]

wazza a fucking legend

[@cobimoltzon7218]

Wayne Rooney's career hasn't really declined. He's been consistent pretty much every season. Pretty much every year he almost has the same amount of goals. He's dropped to a deeper role playing as a CAM or CM and he still has more assists than Ozil. Its not about goals its about what you do for the team and Wayne Rooney recently has been pretty consistent since he's been starting for Man United he's been scoring and assisting and I know he hasn't been playing as much. During this season he's been coming on as a sub or he's been injured and he doesn't have that much time to score all the time or do anything and he's been playing in a deeper role so that's why his goal ratio has gone down. He's not declining.. He's just playing a different game. I don't know why you English hooligans criticize Wayne Rooney he's been the best English player ever.

[@greyFCB]

Things I have to do today 1. Go to class 2. Sleep 3. Eat 4. Watch youtube videos 5. Memes 6. Arsenal

[@justguess8839]

Coors Light I know the joke but this just doesn't make any sense

[@Scarecrow902]

Coors Light so 6th you watch Arsenal videos?

[@sk5645]

I'm going to watch Toronto FC vs Orlando And I'm going to see him

[@Maj1794]

WENGER ruined Arshavin!

[@assassinscreed844]

Mujeeb Ahmed Arshavin ruined Arshavin

[@fallenvision5887]

Mujeeb Ahmed Wenger ruined arsenal

[@Sk_-jx4me]

I TurnR I he has now , but looking at his history: *he is arsenal*

[@fallenvision5887]

Sk672005 _ he needs to move on now and prove himself in a diffrent league

[@deed8508]

Adebayor is on realy good form right now

[@metetutek9261]

Ricardo Quaresma in the most irrelevant league Turkey

[@mariosneymar7394]

essien was also playing at panathinaikos

[@kylebutler3018]

Rodney’s decline was absolutely embarrassing, especially with his power trip while declining

[@TheRacerboy97]

People will try to deny it, but Manchester United have had the best strikers in Football history. Van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo, George Best, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sir Bobby Charlton, the list goes on. Try and call me wrong.

[@kieranross4547]

Mr Thundercunt That's funny because half of them aren't even strikers 😂😂😂

[@silentDD]

inzaghi, schevchenko, gullit, van basten, ibrahimovič, crespo, baggio, i think ac milan trumps united in that position, and cr7, best and Charlton are not strikers

[@stain4128]

Kieran Ross attackers/forwards/strikers/goal scorers there all the same things

[@ADoseofEntertainment]

Mr Thundercunt Eric cantana

[@oneshak]

Kieran Ross they're still attackers are they not??

[@giddy5611]

Declining bc of injuries is not a DRAMATICALLY decline, and btw some player here aged and they reached already their prime and acheived something if not all thing example torres, you could have included players with high potential who never made it, like ballotelli, gotze, quereshma, and so on

[@BradVentus]

Jack Wilshere

[@randomryu9117]

Never liked Rooney but they play him all over the place, what do they expect??

[@randy100799]

Essien actualy didnt go really well in Indonesia despite he is a "big name" pretty sad for him

[@megatafiq1568]

randy dwi A lot of factor actually is.. first of all how old is essien???.. Essien was played in grade A++ pitch for more than 15 years and suddenly he play for C grade pitch.. the weather.. new language.. a lof of stuff

[@markelias3565]

top 3 is a joke man. i like the way u guys think to make more viewers and money. more haters=more money

[@ZainAli-we3lu]

hi

[@gamingw-3325]

Manchester United don't need Neymer Manchester United is greedy! And Real Madrid don't need David de gea Barcelona needs gk nener real u assholer but I like Barcelona but not real really

[@AlTrmzzy96]

And you need to improve your grammar

[@maherislam2085]

What about pato?

[@pulkitgoyal6035]

You missed falcao

[@bachnguyen3523]

Instagram sent me cause I still haven't found Kante

[@salmansengul]

At least Rodney's hairline didn't decline!

[@jdoggrulez]

Gianluigi Lentini should be on the list. He was at one point of time the world's most expensive player and had the whole world at his feet. His incident in 93 caused a really sharp decline. Tomas Brolin is another name that comes to mind.

[@MrWinczakos]

kleberson attempt to play football , well played

[@MusicJustin15]

At least Rooney’s hair came back...sorta.

[@ryangarcha2347]

Justin Abernethy he got a hair transplant 😂

[@saltc0d760]

"When Juve come knocking you don't turn them down." 2018-2019 summer window Patrick Van Anholt turned Juve down.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

Adebayour:The Arsenal legend that came to be.

[@kh.g4049]

Michael Owen, Owen Hagreves, Andry Shevshenko, Fernando Torres. When did you start watching the game.

[@renereyestorres7660]

You clearly forgot Diego's time with Atletico Madrid! a great time over there. Also. It is not the same to decline because of injury (horrible injuries by the way) than to do it because of other reasons. biased video and very judgmental! #shame

[@kieranross4547]

Rene Reyes Torres oh piss off 😂😂😂

[@thisnigga5986]

Saahil Bali fuck you too Allahu Akbar

[@boynextdoor1951]

Rene Reyes Torres you are right

[@GoWithDannyMo]

Rooney could still do a good job in striker. Don't know why they pushed him back to midfield so early when it's obvious it's not his natural position. I support Reading so I'm unbiased towards him and Man Utd

[@albinbergvall9112]

No Ronaldinho? Probably the biggest thrown away talent ever.

[@MarkanVaran7]

and still top 15 of all time winning every single trophy there is to win but yeah he could have achieved more

[@iamkaego2239]

Where is Shevchenko?

[@adamgrice2194]

Got to remember that Rooney went from an ST to a CM

[@dshannon565]

Without a doubt Ronaldinho should've been on this list. He was pure magic, nobody could do the skills and tricks so effectively like he could. He was the best player in the world up until his final season at Barcelona and it was all down hill from there.

[@trovankyesiga1593]

Rooney= best premier league striker of all time

[@DaNioWsKi]

Trova Nkyesiga Henry says hi

[@Football_Hot_Takes]

Hahahaha hahahah good one

[@russell6075]

Befuckinghave

[@trovankyesiga1593]

TheRazrGuy LMAO what did he achieve he only

[@calamorta]

Trova Nkyesiga Titles don't make a player better than another.

[@BullC6]

2009-2011 Rooney was the best in my book. He carried the United team alone those two years after Teves and Ronaldo leaving left a giant hole in United's attack, helping them finish 2nd and 1st. He started declining after his serious injury at the end of 2011 season where he scored 34 and lost the golden boot award to Drogba because he wasn't available for the last five premier league games.

[@BullC6]

Rooney is still very good intermittently, the managers, especially mourinho, just don't play him in position or give him enough game time. I mean, if a manager is willing to bench out a player who is the club record goal scorer when he is available and not even sub him on while his team is looking at an impending draw...you kind of get that he is mostly a basket case. Of course you will score 24 times in 100 when 40 of those are 10 minute appearances. Rooney has actually scored the seven goals this season all on his starts which are around 16 from the total 34 appearances. Also not forgetting that he has played only 3 of all these games in a forward position, scoring 2 in 3. I am not saying that Rooney has not declined, he certainly has, a lot. But he is still good enough to play for United for a year more but I think a move to Everton or any other Premier league club apart from the top 6 and he could still be a great team player.

[@thomHD]

Rooney peaked too soon, it's true. On the other hand, he was one of the greatest and most complete 18-19 year old footballers in history. Pele is the only superior teenager I can think of.

[@fabianlim9847]

I was expecting Andriy Shevchenko lol

[@KakarotOwns]

Kaka only declined because of age and injuries later on in his career otherwise he fulfilled his potential and even became the best player in the world, he will retire a legend.

[@andertonchigoneka3690]

Kaka had lot of injuries in Real Madrid but was sensation in first stint in AC Milan.

[@lawrencesmith6804]

Didn't Diego break his leg? I thought this was the reason for his decline

[@cfcnasbomb2505]

RIP Emiliano Sala

[@saswatrout397]

I think Renato Sanches is the next Anderson. Waste of young talent.

[@sportifymedia]

Football Daily have a problem with Indonesia

[@AtgreatR9]

Kaka never dramatically declined.. his stats in RM were just fine.

[@MarkanVaran7]

is joe mocking juventus? lmao that voice on 1:05

[@Raza2701]

The funny thing about Torres is that as soon as he got injured and on his way down, he pretty much won everything.

[@cross4326]

Fernando torres had the worst downfall , I really feel bad for him

[@zalexik9664]

How can anyone criticise Rooney for what he has achieved? Second premier league all time top scorer with 197 premier league goals and 4th premier league player with most assists with 101. 1x champions league, 5x premier leagues, x1 Fa cup 4x english cups and 1x fifa club world cup winner, Legend! If rooney isn't world class than what are you saying about beckham, gerrard, lampard, henry, Zola, Keane, and Dennis bergkamp?

[@ev3rybodysuck5]

No Schevchenko? No Michael Owen?

[@smith05TR]

ev3rybodysuck5 I don’t think retired players do count on this list.

[@cummerchant542]

smith05 TR isn’t Diego

[@cummerchant542]

smith05 TR kaka?

[@niksv4165]

what about falcoa down fall

[@og87]

DIEGO IS GOD!!!! 🙏🏼 Hes so class!! Especially on fifa world cup 2010.

[@eyesopen66]

Most players slowly decline from around 30yrs old. But some just "fall off a cliff" suddenly in pace and form. I'm a Man CITY fan, and I must admit that this season, due too few games, Yaya toure has done that. He looks slow and awkward etc etc. This is a man who was, at his best..... Unplayable! Literally unplayable too unable? Unable to dribble past defender's etc. Its been so sad too watch tbh.. Love you Yaya!

[@generalkawasaki9485]

Mateja Kezman 38 and 40 goals in last seasons Dutch Eredisvie, 7 for Chelsea, 8 PSG, 2 FC Zenit, lastly believed being active in China and Belarus with nil goals.

[@LayX201]

Everytime Mourinho plays Rooney as a striker he gets a goal

[@sg9673-k9s]

Rooney's decline coincides with the decline of ManUtd post Sir Alex. To be fair he had a good season under Moyes scoring 17 in 29 in the league and having the highest number of assists in the Champions League in 2013/14 even though United only made the quarter finals. LVG's boring philosophy and tactics did not really suit him either and he often played as a midfielder. He had a decent start though under LVG scoring 8 in 14 in the league until January 2015. As on 1 Jan 2015- 8 goals in 14 league games in 2014/15 and 166 goals in 321 games in PL overall with a goals to game ratio of 0.52. After 1 Jan 2015- 4 goals in 19 league games in 2014/15. 8 goals in 28 games in 2015/16. 4 goals in 21 games so far in 2016/17. PL overall 182 goals in 389 games with a goals to game ratio down to 0.47. That is just 16 goals in 68 PL games since 1 Jan 2015. One could argue that LVG did use him as a midfielder quite often and under Mourinho he has not been starting games and is usually playing as LW ( I dont know how he can at this point of his career influence a game from out wide) but he definitely has been on a decline for the last 2 seasons. I really think he was always destined to be a CM in the later years of his career and LVG in a way had initiated that process during his tenure and he was getting to grips with the position in the final few months of last season and had some good games there in the PL and especially in the FA Cup semi final and final. This was probably the only way he was going to prolong his career at United because there is no doubt about the fact the he has got a lot slower and he is not agile enough to be playing regularly as a CF anymore and that is simply down to the number of games he has played at this level. It is not wrong in saying that he is 31 but in football terms he is 35. What he does have is that he has an excellent passing range and has the vision and ability to play those passes. Along with that he has the experience and that mentality of a winner and he will still get you a good number of goals and assists for a CM. And to be fair to him even though he has got slower over the years, but he still is reasonably quick for a midfielder. One of the first things Mourinho said in his first press conference was that he was never going to play Rooney as a CM. There is nothing wrong in reinventing yourself to a new position to prolong your career at the top level. Giggs did that, Scholes did that, even Ronaldo is doing that and there have been many more players who have done the same and will do the same. One thing is for sure, if he leaves United this summer and if he has to get back into the England national team, he has to go and play as a CM. His days as a 9 and 10 are over. He has to be an 8.

[@altv2s]

Where's Michael Owen? He won the ballon dor, then went to shit

[@ethanmanners5156]

NASRI SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON HERE‼️‼️‼️

[@Syahidsahoarder]

I mean like you got to sacrifice something for hair...

[@vitsobotka6268]

Tomáš Rosický had amazing carrer in Arsenal, but injuries...

[@CadenEO]

Torres went on a decline but he's still a world class player at Atletico

[@andertonchigoneka3690]

But it wasn't swift was it come on now After that season he scored 16,35,16,19,14,14 and now very old and slow so football daily shut mouth because you couldn't score one in Conference.

[@razvan2632]

R.I.PCristiano Ronaldo's career 2003-2017

[@allthefail7274]

Rooney needed to be told what to do, he had natural talent for the game, but needed to be directed and fathered so to speak. His decline began when he and Fergie fell out, the very person who directed and fathered him. Rooney stood up to Fergie when he was at his peak, and suffered immediately without Fergie's guidance, and under Moyes and Van Gal he literally went from a 91 to a 78 (IMO) in less than 3 seasons. At Carrick's testimonial he looked like he hadn't kicked a ball since 2013 and played like he was already retired. #Dontcrosstheboss

[@giovannigio3764]

I think Ronaldo n9 is the number one because before his big injury's @ Inter he was much better. If you compare the 20 year old versions of Ronaldo n9 and Messi it's clearly that Ronaldo was even much better then him. After his injury's he was still the best player in the world but he wasn't the same player anymore.

[@nikolausv7721]

Essien embarrassingly play in Indonesia.. you couldn't say better than that. even as Indonesian I rarely watch Indonesian football league (if we still have one), it's just so boring. on the bright side, with one ticket you can watch 2 sports at once, football and martial art (fight)