5 of the most overrated players of the last 5 decades

#3 Paul Gascoigne (1990-2000)

The Gazza was nowhere near the consistent quality of players like Zinedine Zidane

The first two players in this slideshow are considered by many as overrated. Please note that all the players listed here are or were incredibly talented, but just not as good as people glorify them to be.

Paul Gascoigne was one such player. While he is a legend through and through, he is not as good as most people make him out to be. At times, it feels like he was in the bracket of players like Zinedine Zidane, Michael Laudrup, Carlos Valderrama and co., but the truth is that he wasn’t.

At his best, Gazza was simply the heartbeat of a team. However, he was way too erratic and didn’t play with the consistency that the Zidanes and Laudrups did. Perhaps the charismatic nature of Gazza made him a better player in the eyes of many than he really was.