Football is, and forever will be, a team sport – and that notion transcends into the Premier League , one of the toughest leagues in the world . Newspapers and the media often shed light on the goalscorers and flashy playmakers – and their names are more often than not adorned on the back pages of national newspapers. Behind every goalscorer-in-chief, however, there are players who can be likened to glue.
Those who embody the old adage of ‘being a team player’. Those who shy away from the spotlight. And that’s exactly what every team vying for continuous success needs more importantly than anything else.
Of course, they never receive the acclaim they deserve – but that doesn’t make their contribution any less invaluable to those who bag every week and subsequently leave plenty of records, in ruins, at their feet. Although their importance gets lost in the shuffle as their higher-profile teammates are/were celebrated on a weekly basis, we’re here to run through the 10 most underrated players in Premier League history – from Manchester United icon Michael Carrick to the forgotten Tottenham Hotspur man, Moussa Dembele . 1 Denis Irwin Cork-born Denis Irwin , despite adding seven Premier League titles to his name with Manchester United , was never put on the same pedestal as his fellow teammates – and that’s a terrible shame given how talented and dedicated he was.
What made the roaring full-back that extra special was his incredible consistency. Between 1990.