Five most underrated players in the English Premier League

The English Premier League plays home to some of the biggest stars in World Football, while we talk highly about the best players in the league as well as the worst in the league what we always miss is a string of players in-between the above mentioned two. And these are the players who turn out every weekend and give their best for the team. Consistent and hardworking, most of the players in the category are often denied the recognition that they deserve for their efforts. So here is a look at the top five underrated footballers in the English Premier League at the moment.

5- Rickie Lambert

While most of the Premier League fans classify Lambert as a championship striker, Southampton fans will be well aware of the talent this Englishman possesses. Signed for a bargain of £1 million in 2009 from Bristol Rovers, Lambert has been instrumental in the club’s two successive promotions. He scored through the lower leagues and proved himself as the top scoring English player in the EPL last season that is he scored more goals than Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott, Daniel Sturridge and the other high profile English players. Lambert boasts an impressive record of 103 goals in 196 games and even scored in his England debut after being called up solely on the basis of merit. With a versatility of being a target man and an intelligent poacher, Lambert is one of the most underrated strikers in the league.

Ricky Lambert