Biggest waste of a talent in football (1 Viewer)

[Raz]

Deisler ?

Yep, thats the one.

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Robert Enke?

Wasnt he a goalkeeper? No disrespect to GK, but it's kind of hard to call any non sucessfull GK a wasted talent.

 

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[Zacheryah]

I'm surprised noone mentioned Freddy Adu yet. The hype this guy had since his early teens was unprecedented. And he turned into nobody.

First thing that came into my mind

Adu was hyper 5x more then messi, ronaldo and neymar combined

 

[Martin]

This man was duped.

 

[ALC]

Was he supposed to be 15 in that picture?

 

[swag]

This man was duped.

Pele's post-football-playing life is nothing but a greatest hits of a series of being duped.

 

[Martin]

Pele's post-football-playing life is nothing but a greatest hits of a series of being duped.

true

 

[Powis]

Yep, thats the one.

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Wasnt he a goalkeeper? No disrespect to GK, but it's kind of hard to call any non sucessfull GK a wasted talent.

Actually Enke killed himself some time ago.

 

[Raz]

Actually Enke killed himself some time ago.

Damn... Didn't knew that, though that is definetly a wasted talent, no matter how you look at it.

 

[Enron]

Yep, thats the one.

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Wasnt he a goalkeeper? No disrespect to GK, but it's kind of hard to call any non sucessfull GK a wasted talent.

Germany's number 1 until he drove his car in front of a train.

 

[Pablo]

I dont get this thread.

Cassano ?? How can playing for Real madrid, being a millionaire, living the dream and playing for his country, be a waste of Talent.

Pato, same. He is a professional footballer, been at a huge club, still at one in his country & linked with big moves again!!

Maybe they dont live up to the hype, but just shows that hype was unjustified.

Wasted talent, is not geting to this level, surely.

 

[ZoSo]

it's about what could have been on a football level, not how much money they made

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hurr durr

 

[Pablo]

it's about what could have been on a football level, not how much money they made

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hurr durr

Football is a job, right ??

Finance shows success in that job, along with medals obviously.

But these are not wasted talent. They have not wasted it, their talent got them moves to big clubs......dur.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Luke Chadwick

Oh wait. This isn't the "ugliest footballers alive" thread

 

[Pablo]

The thread should surely be, players who should have been better......!

 

[Cirillo]

Kennedy Bakirciuglu

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

@Cirillo

Louis Brain!

 

[Cirillo]

Lol he never had talent to waste!

 

[Luca]

Cool thread Treq

I think I have a few to mind that haven't been mentioned:
Marin
Van den Borre
Saviola
Denilson
Gourcuff
Veron

I don't think it's fair to label Diesler as a failure as in the bracket of the Adrianos and Cassanos, guy had a lot of physical and mental problems.

 

[ZoSo]

Football is a job, right ??

Finance shows success in that job, along with medals obviously.

But these are not wasted talent. They have not wasted it, their talent got them moves to big clubs......dur.

you don't get it

 

[Pablo]

you don't get it

Most of the players mentioned were just not as good as some hoped.

Getting a move to Real Madrid, is not wasting talent.