Adel Taarabt
Sure, Zidane had a taste for controversy—he was sent off in two World Cups and one final, after all—but while Taarabt has matched this side of Zidane’s game, he hasn’t replicated it too much elsewhere.
The dazzling runs and magnificent shots have become something of a rarity at Queens Park Rangers, and until this prodigious talent can sort out his off-field problems (and his fitness) he is fallen well short of the man who inspired his moniker.
“I came here and was told he was a genius, but I’m yet to see it,” said Joey Barton of Taarabt upon his arrival at QPR [via the Telegraph]. Sadly, he’s all too accurate…