The uncertainty surrounding destiny plays out in an unpredictable manner in football, as the careers of players often deemed as outcast shine in different clubs and environments.
Some footballers, who were sidelined at their various clubs, sometimes gain prominence after moving to different teams and even end up winning trophies that they couldn’t get in their previous clubs.
Players who feature in this story include Scott McTominay, Granit Xhaka, Kyle Walker, Emerson Royal, Antony, Harry Kane, Robin van Persie and others.
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Some of these players endured tough moments by being booed by fans over poor performances while others received hostile treatments over circumstances beyond their control.
This GhanaWeb article delves into the careers of these players and how they became heroes in the thread below:
1. Scoot Mctominay
He was frozen out of Manchester United by Erik Ten Hag, shipped to Napoli and he won the Serie A and MVP immediately pic.twitter.com/c35aVKKu4q
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
2. Granit Xhaka had been at Trophyless Arsenal for several years and decided to move to Bayern Leverkusen.
Arsenal fans swore it was a downgrade. But he instantly won the Bundesliga title pic.twitter.com/FdmXGq9lJ6— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
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2. Granit Xhaka had been at Trophyless Arsenal for several years and decided to move to Bayern Leverkusen.
Arsenal fans swore it was a downgrade. But he instantly won the Bundesliga title pic.twitter.com/FdmXGq9lJ6— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
3. Kyle Walker left Tottenham without a major trophy to his name…
And In the Six years after, He’s now lifted 14 trophies, including a historic treble 🏆 pic.twitter.com/gOw1Gv9Iy4
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
4. Emerson Royale
After being shipped out of Tottenham, Emerson Royal has won his first career trophy at the senior level with AC Milan after just 23 games 🏆 pic.twitter.com/lQ97xnEHEv— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
5. Antony
He was deemed surplus to requirements despite been bought for 100m he went on loan at Real Betis and he became their best player and qualified them for conference league final in under 6 months. pic.twitter.com/NLjuO4HJQy— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
6. Tottenham Legend Harry Kane and Eric Dier both left Tottenham after several Trophy-less years and Instantly became league winners at Bayern Munich.
Spurs eventually won a trophy after several years tho pic.twitter.com/2HWJK6qutV
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
7. Di Maria was booed out by Manchester United fans.
He left disgraced after a bad spell in England.He went on to win the Ligue 1 title several times with PSG and the cup titles at Benfica.
No hard feelings then pic.twitter.com/WTU8L4U4pQ
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
8. Former Arsenal Captain was in search of Trophies and Arsenal could not give him that, he jumped boat and Joined Manchester United.
Immediately. He won the premier league title in a matter of months.This one hurts Arsenal too much pic.twitter.com/67ROLCRRvu
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
9. Cristian Eriksen joined Tottenham at a young age but never won anything.
In the last 6 years, he has since won league titles at Inter Milan and Cup trophies at Manchester United. pic.twitter.com/9DzZN95580
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
10. Oxlade Chamberlaine was a former Arsenal player who left in search of greener pastures and eventually found one with their Rival
He won the UCL with Liverpool.Arsenal are still trophyless pic.twitter.com/iL2T8RNEJ3
— AnyWhereBelleFaceNaRoad (@streetpigin) August 26, 2025
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