The 15 ‘Most Overhyped’ Players Throughout The Premier League Years

We like to applaud brilliance, yes. Perhaps Peter Crouch’s sublime strike from range against Manchester City this term or that unmistakable Wayne Rooney overhead kick against Manchester City (again!) last time round provide some of the league’s great hits. But with football being more over clichéd, sensationalised and hyped up more than ever before, we have all grown a tendency to award hero-like status so much more readily. Nowadays, it only takes a little run of form, for our jaws to drop, as we carelessly clap our hands together and blindly utter that this footballer could be the ‘next big ...