It can be a long list depending on the terms considered. Lets stick to Premier league players: The best examples in the past are Fernando Torres, Andriy Shevchenko, Andrey Arshavin, Alexis Sanchez and more recently Eden Hazard.
So what does the next generation look like and what is your Top 5? The player has to have been one of the best players or prospects in the world in his position and the decline in his form and physical attributes must lead you to think he will also fall off a cliff.My Top 5 is
1. Fábio Henrique Tavares, known as Fabinho
2. Son Heung-min
3. N'Golo Kanté
4. Raheem Sterling
5. Hakim Ziyech
I honestly had Jorginho at the top of the list but I never rated him in the first place but some did but honestly I feel sorry for Chelsea whenever I see him play for them because the guy is garbage.
Dramatic Decline- Next generation Top 5
posted on 1/11/22
comment by B10 - Boss (U22536)
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comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
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Ross Barkley
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Great shout. Tempted to add Ox but injuries could save him.
Benjamin Mendy To
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FFS Perry Mason won't save him.
posted on 1/11/22
Where are the liverpool fans? Are they all banned?
posted on 1/11/22
Van Dijk.
Maybe too early to write him off but he’s had a huge drop off. Possibly minding himself for his only real crack at an International tournament.
Fabinho.
Looks very average now.
Kante
Injury prone for a while now but hasn’t been great when fit either.
Hazard
Left it far too late to go Madrid. One of the biggest flops in history.
Ronaldo
While it’s debatable how long it’s been since he’s made a team better his individual class still shone through until this season. Now he’s not even a good individual.
posted on 1/11/22
Fabinho definitely having a shocker
Not sure if it’s just a form thing or maybe carrying an injury as he was class before this season
He is scary intelligent player so unless he suddenly got thick I reckon it’s form with him
I don’t have much love for Liverpool but he is one of my favourite defensive midfielders about
Maguire ? Yes he gets regularly beaten by all fans these days but he once was a very good defender
He is awful now
posted on 1/11/22
In relation to the OP, how Jorginho came 3rd in the 2021 Ballon D’or is beyond me.
posted on 1/11/22
comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
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Fabinho definitely having a shocker
Not sure if it’s just a form thing or maybe carrying an injury as he was class before this season
He is scary intelligent player so unless he suddenly got thick I reckon it’s form with him
I don’t have much love for Liverpool but he is one of my favourite defensive midfielders about
Maguire ? Yes he gets regularly beaten by all fans these days but he once was a very good defender
He is awful now
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Fabinho its legs. They look gone to me. Think the rest of the Liverpool players will be okay.
posted on 1/11/22
Coutinho
posted on 1/11/22
Auba had a rapid decline but he was okay for Barca but now at Chelsea he's back to being average
posted on 1/11/22
The first one that came to mind is Dele Alli. But part of me always felt he was a bit overrated to begin with. His goals for a few seasons were impressive though, but not sure he had the desire nor the natural fitness/athleticism to maintain it.
posted on 6/11/22
My first thought was Theo Walcott - but it is more like his “perceived” ability at Arsenal & then massive drop off afterwards rather than actual ability. The truth is apart from one or two streaky performances he was always rubbish & the Arsenal midfield carried him. Now we see his REAL standard…