In the world of world football there are various nicknames given by fans to certain soccer players, there is a very unique nickname in the world of football, namely “Lord”. The nickname Lord is usually given to players not because the game is very great and spectacular, but the nickname Lord is given to players who are considered to have very bad or strange performances in a match. Here are world football players who have the title Lord.
Martin Braithwaite is a professional football player from Denmark, currently Martin Braithwaite is defending a club in La Liga, namely Barcelona. Barcelona itself has signed a four-year contract with Martin Braithwaite, when the club transferred Barcelona to spend 18 million Euros or the equivalent of 308 billion Rupiah in 2020. Martin Braithwaite has a position in the attacking line, but sometimes Martin Braithwaite also fills the position of wing.
Martin Braithwaite was nicknamed “Lord” because of his fickle and unsatisfying gameplay. His fickle ability and suddenly being bought by the Barcelona club with a relatively high transfer value made the fans give the title to Martin Braithwaite.
Dejan Lovren is a Croatian professional footballer who plays in defense or what we call a defender. Currently Dejan Lovren joins club Zenit Saint Petersburg, previously Dejan Lovren has also joined a club from the English league, namely Liverpool.
The nickname Lord was given to Dejan Lovren because he made a claim to himself as the player with the best defender position in the world. This claim was made by Dejan Lovren during the 2018 World Cup. At that time Dejan Lovren was able to bring Croatia to the final stage, and answered the criticism given when Dejan Lovren played at the Liverpool club. However, the defender who claims the best in the world lost in the final against France.
Zlatan Ibramovic is a professional football player from Sweden. Despite having a fairly old age as a professional football player, which is 40 years old, the player who has a large and tall stature is now joining a club in the Serie A league, namely AC Milan, Zlatan Ibramovic himself became famous when he was coached by Ronald Koeman .
Lord Ibra, that’s what fans say to Zlatan Ibramovic, this happens because the confidence that comes out of Zlatan Ibramovic’s mouth is very high. Actually, this nickname can be accepted by the Swedish national, because while Zlatan Ibramovic played professional football he never won the Champions League even though he often moved clubs. However, Zlatan Ibramovic was able to prove that he could be a good striker needed by big clubs.
Coming from Spain, Kepa Arrizabalaga is a professional football player who fills the position as a goalkeeper, currently Kepa Arrizabalaga is still joining one of the clubs in the English league, namely Chelsea. Kepa Arrizabalaga is currently not playing in the Chelsea main squad, this is because Kepa Arrizabalaga has not been able to compete with Eduard Mendy.
The nickname Lord was given by Kepa Arrizabaglag because he once broke the transfer record as the most expensive goalkeeper in the world when he signed a contract with Chelsea. At the beginning of the season when Kepa Arrizabalaga played he played quite well, but his performance as a goalkeeper continued to decline from time to time, until at the peak Kepa Arrizabalaga clashed with the coach who was coaching at the time, namely Maurzio Sam.
Jesse Lingard is a professional football player from England who currently plays at one of the English league clubs, Manchester United. This player earned the nickname Lord because of his poor performance when playing with Manchester United. Jesse Lingard is an inconsistent player and his form is not too good, Jesse Lingard has even barely played for half a season and was eventually loaned to Westham United.
Loris Karius is a German professional football player, currently Loris Karius has joined Liverpool club. At Liverpool’s own club Loris Karius only filled the bench, his position as goalkeeper was taken over by Allison Becker as Liverpool’s main goalkeeper.
Loris Karius may be one of the most pathetic football players with the title of Lord, this is because in one match during the 2018 Champions League Final against Real Madrid, Loris Karius made several blunders during the course of the match, this made the fans pin the title Lord to him. Loris Karius. Even though before the game his performance as a goalkeeper was very good.
Harry Maguire is a professional footballer from England, Harry Maguire once broke the record for the most expensive defender transfer when he signed a contract with Manchester United, Harry Maguire’s own performance was quite good while still at the Leichester City club, although Harry Maguire occupied the position of defender, he also often break into the opponent’s goal.
In contrast to now, Harry Maguire’s condition is inversely proportional to his former self, although Harry Maguire holds the position as captain he himself often makes blunders while in charge of guarding Manchester United’s goal, even worse Harry Maguire looks like he is hindering Manchester United goalkeeper, De Gea in securing goal from enemy attacks. The nickname Lord was given due to frequent blunders and also Harry Maguire was considered to add to the burden on De Gea.
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