Lionel Messi and Neymar have been blasted by PSG’s ultras following the club’s disappointing 2022-23 campaign.
Messi looks set to depart the Parc des Princes at the end of the season, while fans congregated outside Neymar’s house and chanted “f*ck off” at the Brazilian.
But the pair aren’t the first to feel the wrath from their own club’s fanbase. Here are eight other examples of players that were hated – at least for a time – by their own club’s fans.
David Beckham
Manchester United fans staunchly defended their famous No.7 as the rest of the country rounded him following his red card against Argentina in England’s World Cup ’98 elimination.
But later in his career Beckham did face ire from his club’s supporters, having left LA Galaxy to join AC Milan back on loan in 2009. This seemingly was read by a snub to many, given his arrival from Real Madrid was supposed to signal a grand new era for soccer in North America.
Beckham missed 17 Galaxy matches while strutting his stuff at the San Siro, leading to a frosty reception on his return – he was booed by the MLS club’s fans, with one banner reading ‘Go Home Fraud’.
The former England international eventually won his detractors back round, staying in Los Angeles until 2012 and lifting the MLS Cup in his last two years there, while in 2011 he was named the ‘MLS Comeback Player of the Year’.
Charles Itandje
Itandje spent three years on Liverpool’s books between 2007 and 2010. He was very much a backup and never made a Premier League appearance, and his stint at Anfield would’ve been entirely forgettable were it not for his conduct during a Hillsborough memorial service.
The Cameroonian goalkeeper was pictured laughing and nudging a team-mate like a bored teenage during the service. He was suspended for 14 days and fine two weeks’ wages and made matters worse by claiming the [angry fans were overreacting.
“It is a 30-second clip about which people are going overboard,” he told French newspaper Aujourd’hui Sport. “You need to see an hour of the video if you want to judge my behaviour but you know the papers [in England]. They make a big deal of things.”
Unsurprisingly he left Liverpool a short while later, first on loan to Macedonian side Kavala and subsequently released from his contract.
Gareth Bale
You suspect that over time the Welshman’s legacy in Madrid will be reexamined and it will be his contributions on the pitch that live long in the…
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