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– Radamel Falcao currently plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray
– The Colombian possess sensational talent but fans say he is overrated
– UK outlet SPORTbible has released a list of the top 50 most underrated footballers as ranked by fans
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Radamel Falcao surprisingly emerged number one on the list of top 50 most overrated footballers of all time according to fans, in a report compiled by UK outlet SPORTbible.
On the list, as voted by fans, some questionable players also ranked very high as fans argue over the idea of underrating and overrating the stars.
Many football fans of today have questioned the greatness of Pele as many of them didn’t have the opportunity to see the Brazilian in action.
With players such as Edgar Davids, Paul Scholes, Robert Lewandowski, and Ronaldinho making the list questioned the results, but the top 10 is very controversial to say the least.
50. Paul Scholes
49. Timothy Weah
48. David De Gea
47. Johannes Dhalum
46. Franco Armani
45. Emre Mor
44. Edgar Davids
43. Michael Bradley
42. John Arne Riise
41. Sadio Mane
40. Gabriel Morales
39. Antoine Griezmann
38. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
37. Robert Lewandowski
36. Michael Carrick
35. Jordan Henderson
34. Vincent Kompany
33. Gareth Bale
32. Mohamed Salah
31. Ronaldinho
Radamel Falcao in action at Galatasaray. Photo Credit: Getty Images
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30. Arjen Robben
29. Alexis Sanchez
28. Ronaldo
27. Eden Hazard
26. Kylian Mbappe
25. Sergio Ramos
24. Wayne Rooney
23. Diego Maradona
22. David Beckham
21. Pele
20. Ivan Rakitic
19. Lucio
18. Philippe Coutinho
17. Olivier Giroud
16. Karim Benzema
15. Gerard Pique
14. Kevin De Bruyne
13. Steven Gerrard
12. Javier Hernandez
11. Giovani Dos Santos
10. Neymar
9. Paul Pogba
8. Iker Casillas
7. Edin Dzeko
6. Paulinho
5. Lionel Messi
4. Mario Balotelli
3. Shinji Kagawa
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
1. Radamel Falcao
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Legit.ng earlier reported that a list of the world’s richest active footballer has emerged and Leicester City’s Faiq Bolkiah is way ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to Spanish outlet Marca, citing Blog Finance FR, neither the Argentine captain nor his Portuguese rival is the richest active footballer.
Faiq who is a nephew to Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is yet to feature for the Foxes at the senior level but he is worth a staggering $20bn.
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