Six Footballers Who Really, Really Hate Rival Clubs

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is well known for mocking his club’s eternal rivals Real Madrid, The Catalan man has never been shy about expressing his lack of love for Los Blancos. We shouldn’t be too surprised to see more coming attacking shots from the former Manchester United defender to Bernabeu outfit in the coming weeks, but for now let’s have a look at some more footballers who really, really hate rival clubs.

6. Jack Wilshere – Tottenham Hotspur

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, currently on loan at Bournermouth, doesn’t like Tottenham. the English star was once fined £40,000 and warned as to his future conduct after an expletive-laden rant mocking Tottenham Hotspur at his club’s 2015 FA Cup winners’ parade.

5. Wayne Rooney – Liverpool

Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney has two strong reasons why he should hate Liverpool at any cost,he started his career at his beloved Everton before joining the Reds’ all time rivals Manchester United,helping the later to surpass Liverpool as England’s most successful club.

4. Gary Neville – Liverpool

Another Manchester United legen, who declared his hate to Liverpoo, is Gary Neville. He Once told a club fanzine: “I can’t stand Liverpool, I can’t stand the people, I can’t stand anything to do with them,” leading to United fans creating the chant “Gary Neville is a red, he hates Scousers”.

3. Steven Taylor – Sunderland

The English defender is best known for his long time association with Newcastle United, During his time at St James Park, he didn’t stop showing how much he hate Sunderland, There was a time  Steven Taylor said that he “would rather go and collect stamps” than put on a Sunderland shirt.

2. Ian Wright – Tottenham

The former Arsenal player  really hated Tottenham, His courage used to be on another level,when he played against Spurs. The first English words he used to teach foreign players were “Spurs are s**t”.

1. Gerard Pique-  Real Madrid

Is there any time Barcelona’s Gerard Pique will stop trolling Spanish rivals Real Madrid? I don’t think so, the centre-back’s clashes with Los Blancos have been a regular feature of his social media activity during his time at the Nou Camp and he has made it clear that he enjoys provoking Real Madrid.

The Former Manchester United star recently quoted that “I always want things to go badly for Real Madrid”.