Top 5 most underrated players in the Premier League

#3 Idrissa Gueye (Everton)

Gueye in action during Everton's recent fixture away against Brighton

Being known as the mini N'Golo Kante - or drawing comparisons to the Chelsea midfielder - would be seen as an extraordinary compliment to most players. To Idrissa Gana Gueye, it does him a disservice. Since leaving the abysmal Aston Villa side to join Everton in 2016, he has completed the most tackles of anyone in the Premier League.

So far this season, no-one across Europe's top five leagues has completed more tackles and interceptions than the 29-year-old. Despite these statistics, Arsenal's Lucas Torreira has already leapfrogged him in the discussion for the league's best defensive-midfielder.

With the exception of Kante and Manchester City's Fernandinho, it's actually hard to look beyond Gueye when you delve deeper. Even though most would assume the likes of Nemanja Matic and Victor Wanyama would prove far superior.

Gueye is perhaps a victim of Everton's stuttering form more than anything else. If he had the likes of say, Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez in-front of him, making the most of the possession which he so regularly regains, his transfer value would be considerably higher and he'd probably have earned a big-money move elsewhere by now.