Ashley Cole. Just seen an article on the beeb about him being inducted into the PL hall of fame. An incredible left back when he was at his peak and arguably one of the best of his generation. Cant imagine he's a legend for Arsenal or Chelsea though.
Great players that are not Legends at any club
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I dont know, the penalty miss in Moscow alone makes him a legend in my eyes
I'm not saying he was the sole reason. Everyone played a part. His was just the biggest part, and the one part where there was absolutely no player on the planet United could have attained to replace him without a huge decline in the team. You take him out of the team and take your pick of anyone we could have gotten to replace him, break the club transfer record if you want (we weren't getting Messi obviously) and we don't win it in 07, we don't win it in 08, we don't win the CL, we probably don't get to the second final in 09, we probably don't win the league in 09 either. Though he did decline that last year as he wanted out and you could argue that was the one year where other players like Vidic contributed as much as he did.
He was IMO our best player in the 09 final vs Barcelona. It was Rooney and Carrick who badly let us down in that game.
Those two weren’t great, and you couldn’t accuse Ronaldo of not trying, but his speculative potshots just handed possession to the opposition.
Maybe SAF had told him to shoot on sight, believing it was our only hope.
Paul Ince, maybe.
Would be a United legend for sure if he hadn't signed for Liverpool. I'd understand if people think he's lost the status due to that.
Did well at Inter but I wouldn't say he was legendary for them.
Would be a United legend for sure if he hadn't signed for Liverpool. I'd understand if people think he's lost the status due to that.
Did well at Inter but I wouldn't say he was legendary for them.
Not sure if anyone said this but Brazilian Ronaldo?
Barcelona? Only played one season
Inter? Hardly anyone remembers him there even if did play 5 seasons there
Madrid? Didn't really make much of an impact there and was injured a lot of the time
Barcelona? Only played one season
Inter? Hardly anyone remembers him there even if did play 5 seasons there
Madrid? Didn't really make much of an impact there and was injured a lot of the time
No, he's an Arsenal legend despite the cheep Barca move.
That's a harsh criteria indeed. It would mean that there are no midfield Barcelona legends since I assume Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta are legends over there. You won't find many United fans who would argue that Best and Giggs are not club legends. That would mean there is no space for Beckham or Ronaldo. Kahn and Neuer I'd argue are both Bayern legends. The list goes on...
Yeah I'd be surprised if he fit the criteria to any of these clubs fans. He is easily an iconic player who played for them but legend for me is a combination of input/performances plus memories and fondness generated with the fans. R9 has plenty of the latter but relatively speaking, he is behind several others at these clubs. I say that as someone who considers him in the mount Rushmore of footballers in my lifetime.
Both Kroos and Modric have been better than Zidane ever was for Real Madrid.
How is he not a Chelsea legend?
Is this based on anything? For most Inter fans who were alive when he came he'd be the single greatest player they've seen play for their club. He was insane in his first season. He's also inducted to their Hall of Fame.
Need to ask more Chelsea fans about this one. I only have one friend whose a Chelsea fan and he still dosent rate him as highly as Greame Le Saux or Azpiliceuta. Just think its the Arsenal link that he dosent like to be fair.
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Seems very low standard to be considered Real Madrid legends
Anelka, Arbeloa, Asensio, Baljic, Beckham, Cannavaro, Casilla
, Celades, Coentrao, Danilo Just to name a few.
I don't agree with it but the logic on the official page is simply: if you won the European Cup while at Real Madrid you are a legend / notable player.Seems very low standard to be considered Real Madrid legends
Anelka, Arbeloa, Asensio, Baljic, Beckham, Cannavaro, Casilla
Just to name a few.
Anyway it says "players" rather than "legends" on the main page now, but still says 'legend' in some pages, so it's all a bit confusing.
Not a legend because he sullied his reputation with his second spell.
This is a good question to do a bit of thinking back on,
How you rate a 'legend' will influence the answers, I would of thought at least 150+ games and not to have played for a direct or disliked rival.
Here are some in tiers of quality for me:
Tier 1 - Ronaldo (Brazil), Zlatan, Baggio
Tier 2 - Tevez, Pogba, Eto, Anelka
Tier 3 - Andy Cole, Robbie Keane, Owen, Ginola, Di Canio, Stam
Tier 4 - Ince, Adebayor, Joe Cole, Collymore
Tier 5 - Crouchy
Always going to be exceptions but off top of my head, they'd be some I think wouldn't be considered a specific club legend although some are certainly legendary footballers
How you rate a 'legend' will influence the answers, I would of thought at least 150+ games and not to have played for a direct or disliked rival.
Here are some in tiers of quality for me:
Tier 1 - Ronaldo (Brazil), Zlatan, Baggio
Tier 2 - Tevez, Pogba, Eto, Anelka
Tier 3 - Andy Cole, Robbie Keane, Owen, Ginola, Di Canio, Stam
Tier 4 - Ince, Adebayor, Joe Cole, Collymore
Tier 5 - Crouchy
Always going to be exceptions but off top of my head, they'd be some I think wouldn't be considered a specific club legend although some are certainly legendary footballers
Fixed for you.
Personally think Van de Sar was better, automatically qualifies him as a legend (would be even if not).
United goalies I've seen would in order of ability would be VdS, Schmeichel, Stepney, though it could be argued that Stepney is the bigger legend of the three.
The right answer.
This. How it can be questioned beats me.
If only there was an like button.
If you ask most fans they will remember him as a Real Madrid player
Suarez?
Done good things at Ajax, Liverpool and Barca. Was starting out at Ajax so not a legend there, played extremely well at Liverpool but obviously won f*ck all with them and despite all he achieved at Barca is it enough to class him among the legends of the club?
Done good things at Ajax, Liverpool and Barca. Was starting out at Ajax so not a legend there, played extremely well at Liverpool but obviously won f*ck all with them and despite all he achieved at Barca is it enough to class him among the legends of the club?
Legend. Most useless word ever.
Ban this word. Only use it for charity matches, in which will only highlight how useless that word is.
Ban this word. Only use it for charity matches, in which will only highlight how useless that word is.
Maybe Gary Lineker? Played for similar rated teams in England for a similar amount of time. Kind of a legend for what he did for England and playing for Barca. Kind of a great player for being Englands main striker for most romanticised period.
Also shows support to all former clubs generally fairly.
Also shows support to all former clubs generally fairly.