The Spanish newspaper created The Worst in response to FIFA’s The Best
In 2017, Spanish sports newspaper Marca decided to do their own take on FIFA’s The Best team of the year and created The Worst, which named the eleven worst players of the year, from goalkeeper to strikers.
Like a footballing version of The Razzies (which give awards for the worst films in the same way that the Oscars honour the best), Marca’s awards are a little cruel, but also quite funny.
This year’s edition has named two Manchester United players in its team, Alexis Sanchez and Victor Lindelof, which are inclusions that really can’t be disagreed with.
Elsewhere in the team there’s Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho, a big money signing from Manchester City who failed to do the business for the Foxes last year but has risen in prominence since.
Tiemoue Bakayoko of Chelsea, now on loan at AC Milan, is also there, as is then-Valencia and now Fulham striker Luciano Vietto, Mesut Ozil, Wesley Sneijder and Amiens on-loan Sevilla midfielder Ganso.
Benedikt Howedes of Juventus and Leonardo Bonucci (who has since returned to Juve since his ill-fated spell at AC Milan) partner Lindelof in defence, while – shock horror – Loris Karius is sat behind them to keep things safe.
According to Sport Witness, the Manchester United duo also won individual awards, with the Chilean picking up the award for worst attacker, and the Swede picking up the award for the worst defender.
