Footballers you like outside of the pitch

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Crouch, great sense of humour and he comes across really well.

Lineker, really charming witty host. Made the transition from footballer to presenter effortlessly. Got to be one of the most well spoken footballers.

Mata, just a great guy overall.

Patrice Evra, really relatable personality. He's the type of guy that's everyone's best friend.

Vincent Kompany, really intelligent and does a lot for Manchester charity wise. Genuinely a top guy that can take a joke.

 

[Redplane]

I don't know any of them personally so I'm guessing they re all cnuts until I befriend one and then I'll reconsider.

 

[KirkDuyt]

Wijnaldum

 

[TheReligion]

Dolberg. Great taste in watches.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Wijnaldum

How come?

 

[Dec9003]

Lingard, the less time he spends on the pitch the better.

 

[Ødegaard]

Sterling seems like a good guy.

 

[KirkDuyt]

How come?

Just a really friendly down to earth dude. Even though he left us for PSV I could never resent him for it.

And even though I dont give a rats arse about Liverpool, Im happy for him when they win stuff

 

[One Night Only]

Tevez, balotelli, Morrison

 

[Rasendori]

Vertonghen. Great taste in women

 

[Vidyoyo]

Lampard and Drogba.

Seconding Kompany too

 

[Denis79]

Zlatan, great guy. Met him a few times.

 

[M15 Red.]

JLingz

 

[Rasendori]

Drogba - His plea to support Ivory Coast in the 2006 World Cup ended a 5-year-old civil war in his country. Due to his influence on his country, he was on TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010. He also has a charity organisation called The Didier Drogba Foundation which works toward the betterment of basic necessities in Ivory Coast. The driving force between a school launched for disadvantaged children etc.

 

[SteveJ]

Drogba - His plea to support Ivory Coast in the 2006 World Cup ended a 5-year-old civil war in his country. Due to his influence on his country, he was on TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010. He also has a charity organisation called The Didier Drogba Foundation which works toward the betterment of basic necessities in Ivory Coast. The driving force between a school launched for disadvantaged children etc.

Great shout.

 

[SNes]

Giggs seems like a family guy.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Zlatan, great guy. Met him a few times.

Do tell.

 

[Casanova85]

Cantona.

 

[TheReligion]

Drogba - His plea to support Ivory Coast in the 2006 World Cup ended a 5-year-old civil war in his country. Due to his influence on his country, he was on TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010. He also has a charity organisation called The Didier Drogba Foundation which works toward the betterment of basic necessities in Ivory Coast. The driving force between a school launched for disadvantaged children etc.

Wasn't he involved in match fixing?

 

[Old Ma Crow]

RVN

 

[Denis79]

Do tell.

The ego he portaits in interviews isn't there, he's always smiling and joking around and is a very nice person in general. I met his mother once and that woman rules with an iron hand, which has left both him and his half-brother very respectful of others. I was left gobsmacked how down to earth he was after the first time I met him.

There's the Zlatan on TV and the everyday one I guess.

 

[Jippy]

Drogba - His plea to support Ivory Coast in the 2006 World Cup ended a 5-year-old civil war in his country. Due to his influence on his country, he was on TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010. He also has a charity organisation called The Didier Drogba Foundation which works toward the betterment of basic necessities in Ivory Coast. The driving force between a school launched for disadvantaged children etc.

His charity sounds really poorly managed which is a shame. Drogba always seemed a decent guy off the pitch.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN13R1CQ

 

[PedroMendez]

Lizarazu

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Juan Mata is the obvious one. Seems like a nice guy, and the Common Goal organisation is impressive. I like that he didn't name it after himself as footballers generally do with their charities and foundations. If you didn't know he ran it, you wouldn't know from the website. He seems to put himself on the same level as everyone else involved.

I hope he stays on/comes back as an ambassador once he retires. That's the sort of person you'd want representing the club across the world. There can't be many more footballers so universally likable.

 

[Yagami]

Park Ji-Sung. Running Mans best guest ever.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

Rashford seems so nice and soft spoken in all the interviews he does.

 

[Infordin]

Keylor Navas. The only Real Madrid player I ever really liked.

 

[tentan]

Lampard
Kante
Maldini
Sterling
Kompany

 

[SeeMe]

Neymar, wish he invite me for his private party too.

 

[diarm]

Ben Foster and his missus stayed in a hotel I was working in before. They were genuinely two of the soundest guests we ever had - both just really genuine, funny and engaging people. I drove them up to their villa after dinner one night and they sat in the buggy for more than 20 minutes by the gate just chatting to me like I was an old mate.

 

[meamth]

Dolberg. Great taste in watches.

Having Nautilus is just as generic as it is for a rich guy.

Expected him to have A.Lange Sohne. Disappointed.

 

[harms]

It's very hard to separate on- and off-the-pitch impressions though. You'll see that most of my choices are incredible and fascinating footballers as well.

Cantona, Zlatan, Rio, Ole, Mata, Berbatov, Beckham from our bunch.

Crouch, Xabi Alonso, Henry, de Bruyne, Kompany, Iniesta, Nedved, Lampard, Maldini, Schweinsteiger (who never played for United as far as I'm concerned) etc.