Top 5 most improved players in the Premier League in 2016/17
Football is a game of ups and downs. A player might be destroying defences with his trickery and passing ability one season, and the next season he might not be able to pick his teammate out with a pass on an empty field. Similarly, a player who looked like a Sunday League player to you last year might be one of the best in the world at the moment.
The Premier League has a plethora of talented players, and to be recognised as an elite, players have to be mentally and physically strong. Giving up is not an option, as this game is not for the weak minded. So when players hit a rough patch, they will have to get back up on their feet to prove their worth, which is exactly what the following players have done this season.
Coming off a torrid last season, these players never gave up and due to their heart and work, they have found their form and their game.
Here, we take a look at the top 5 most rejuvenated players in the Premier League this season:
#5 Christian Benteke
To be fair, the massive Belgian striker was in no ways horrible last season. The former Aston Villa man was involved in 13 goals last season for Liverpool, but he was always at the end of harsh criticism. The simple fact of the matter was that even though Benteke was trying, Jurgen Klopp’s set up and team was just not for him.
With Crystal Palace this season, Benteke has found himself. Last season he looked like a fish out of water; this season he looks like a shark in the sea. Benteke has already been involved in 8 goals in 12 appearances this season and has become the talisman that the fans at Selhurst Park always wanted. Influential in his play and adding a new dimension to Palace’s attack, the 26-year-old is arguably one of the top strikers in the league with his current form and one to be feared by the opposition.
The forward has seemed to have found his calling and if things keep up, his season at Liverpool will be forgotten in no time.