Footballers are paid ridiculous sums of money for their services, so it comes as a surprise that some can’t manage to get a half decent haircut. Sport.co.uk looks at some of the worst fashion faux-pas committed in the Premier League.
However, before the list begins an honourable mention should go to the following who have had their own misconceived style adventures:
The Romanian national team – They all dyed their hair dazzlingly yellow during France ’98 and ended up looking like fools. Well done boys, you’ve done your country proud.
Roberto Baggio – Tiring of the usual mullet, Baggio gave it a modern twist by inserting a permed ponytail.
Ronaldo – A practical joke gone wrong, an unfinished haircut or a magnificent sculpture? You decide. Whatever it was, the paranormal Ronaldo triangle was born.
Alexi Lalas – The former American international amassed quite a following with his Ginger Messiah look.
10. David James
James has had a passion for sporting dubious hairdos. Here James pays homage to the 1940’s, perhaps a step too far as it’s even got James questioning what he was thinking.
9. David Seaman
Taxi! As David’s hair grew his goalkeeping prowess diminished, exhibited by his frantic flapping at Ronaldinho’s lob shot from an innocuously positioned free kick.
8. Marouane Fellaini
After being likened to ‘Screech’ from Saved by the Bell, Fellaini tried to remedy the situation by growing an outlandish afro. With comparisons over, normal service resumed with boisterous elbow flinging and screechy whining while being reprimanded.
7. Tony Daley
Style caught up with this rapid winger, subsequently, he could be seen fashioning a deceased poodle atop his head. Worrying, no?
6. Javier Margas
The Chilean wanted to show off his allegiance to the Hammers by dying his hair the club colours. However, what may have been a good idea at the time ended up looking like a blue rinse gone wrong.
5. Djibril Cisse
A serial offender when it comes to haircuts. After this picture was released the striker was reprimanded by Sunderland for stealing turf from the Stadium of Light and sneaking it out of the ground on his head.
4. David Beckham
You may well laugh David, but your catalogue of haircuts have been truly awful. Let me cast your mind back to the cornrow incident, the double ponytail of World Cup 2002, and the edgy trim that looked like Victoria had done it in the dark, with a spoon.
3. Abel Xavier
Combining a mohawk and cornrows is genius enough, but to bleach it. Magnificent! Xavier surely should be in line for a Nobel Prize for this creation. The defender was never afraid to express himself through the medium of hair and for that we salute him.
2. Jason Lee
Pineapple Head, as he affectionately became known, gained mass ridicule for his fruit-based buffon.
1. Taribo West
The accolade of the worst Premier League haircut of all time goes to this defensive veteran. Throughout the years West has entertained fans, not so much his football skills but with his barnets. He is pictured here with what can only be described as a little girl’s colourful pigtails. To say his hairstyle is interesting would be a blatant understatement.
