Neymar, Pogba, Lukaku, Van de Beek: The most disrespected XI in world football

Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and Neymar are some of the most disrespected players in the men's game.

The word 'disrespected' with regards to footballers is often thrown around social media with fans believing that certain players are treated harsh in comparison to the quality that they actually offer.

It's a phenomena that can manifest itself in many different ways with managers, clubs, footballing hierarchies and supporters themselves all being sources of certain players being disrespected.

As such, here at GIVEMESPORT, we wanted to zoom out and take a look at certain players that we think are getting a hard rep relative to the quality that they bring to the beautiful game.

To do so, we've drawn up an XI of players that we think are often inordinately criticised or treated harshly by at least one element in the footballing sphere - and are deserving of more praise.

Obviously, the term 'disrespected' within this context is just as subjective as the way we happen to view the larger footballing zeitgeist, so rest assured there are more players who could have made the XI.

And it's important to stress that the players have all been picked for their own unique reasons because some might well be loved by the fans or managers, but are 'disrespected' in other ways.

By the same token, we're not necessarily declaring that each one of them is an absolute saint who has never done anything wrong, rather that the harsh treatment needs to be toned down at times.

And it's an interesting exercise for us, the media, because we're all guilty sometimes of being taken for a ride by the wider social media narratives, stereotypes and biases that can surround footballers.

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