Country: Kosova
Player:Saka
you are seriously underrated Pires if you are putting him at the same level as Freddie.
Hleb didn’t hit his peak until 2007-2008, but even he looked better than Freddie in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 when Freddie was supposedly in his peak years.
He joined West Ham at this prime age of 30. That says everything that needs to be said. He was never a top player. Not even close.
More for some good measure.
Freddie was superb player for us, verging on world class during 2002-2004 period.
But he didn't feature much in 2005-06 (injuries), even less so in our CL run to the Final. I remember people were surprised and shocked that he started the Final ahead of Reyes, but that's another discussion.
Freddie was well past his peak/prime performance/years when he left for West Ham.