6 Top Footballers Without Silverware
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- Written by Darren Douglas
In sport the definition of success varies greatly. If you listen to nonsense spouted by celebrity narcissist Piers Morgan, it's all about winning and nothing else matters, but in reality the world isn't so black and white. Success has to be quantified and context has to be taken into consideration. The same goes for football. This is why clubs promoted to the Premier League often define success as finishing at least 17th in the final standings. They may not be winning a trophy, but they have still won by meeting their own realistic expectations.
Unsurprisingly expectation is a common topic of sports conversation. And sometimes an unofficial consensus forms between critics, fans and ex-pros that a sports person has failed to 'meet their potential'. Classic examples focus on individual sports, such as the best golfer/tennis player to never win a major, but it can easily be applied to sports teams too, like the biggest football club to never win the Champions League etc. So I got to thinking, which top footballers have won no major silverware?
Robbie Fowler’s name is as synonymous with bricks and mortar as it is with the City of Liverpool and the Lord above – a.k.a. God. It’s estimated former striker owns around 100 properties between the Oldham and Liverpool area and despite a playing career characterised by steady decline from the age of 20, his buy-to-let empire ensures he remains near the top of football’s rich lists.
Brendan Rodgers’ decision to take the post as Celtic manager during the summer raised a few eyebrows. The Irishman made the usual right noises as far as being honoured and privileged and humbled etc. to be appointed was concerned. But a creeping suspicion remained that he had taken the job as what amounted to a bit of a breather, before getting back to the serious business of the English Premier League in the next year or two.
In May, when Roy Hodgson was laying out his plans for the summer I can imagine that nowhere on his notepad did it say ‘July 25