Euro 2020’s Best Twitter XI

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Most followed are in red. Best follows are in yellow.

Ahead of Euro 2020, we’re having a match between the 2 ultimate Twitter XIs. In one team are the most followed Euro 2020 players on Twitter. In the other team are the most entertaining players who could make an appearance at the tournament.

Too many player accounts are run by agencies pumping out obviously fake and polished posts. We’ve found players who are unique and offer something different.

Who wins? Let us know in the comments…

Most entertaining XI

Goalkeeper: Ben Foster (@BenFoster)

The Watford stopper is a great follow thanks to his matchday vlogs, including the build-up and wind-down, giving you a never before seen look at footballer’s lives.

https://twitter.com/BenFoster/status/1365363235013210112

Right-back: Patrick van Aanholt (@pvanaanholt)

The Netherlands and Crystal Palace wing-back regularly speaks his mind on Twitter – calling out haters and pulling no punches on political views.

https://twitter.com/pvanaanholt/status/1274014322864291841

Centre-back: Aymeric Laporte (@Laporte)

Aymeric (or I’m’Eric) Laporte is great with fan interaction on Twitter. He can laugh at himself, but is also happy to call out pundits and clichés.

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Centre-back: Gerard Pique (@3gerardpique)

A Barcelona and Spain legend, Pique doesn’t try and hide his distain for rivals Real Madrid. He reveled in their disqualification from the Copa Del Rey in 2015 and wound up Los Blancos defender Alvaro Arbeloa.

https://twitter.com/3gerardpique/status/1356387943829688324

Left-back: Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23)

Benjamin Mendy has a great sense of humour which he shows off on his Twitter page. Poking fun at himself and others (including manager Pep Guardiola), Mendy has made himself a cult hero at Man City.

https://twitter.com/benmendy23/status/1081148962709610496

Right-midfield: James Milner (@JamesMilner)

The famous @BoringMilner parody account found Twitter well before the man himself. Despite being portrayed as the dullest man in the world, Milner took it with good humour and plays up to his reputation. Expect tweets about the ironing, drinking water, cutting the lawn – and maybe some football.

https://twitter.com/JamesMilner/status/1239954319425720320

Centre-midfield: Marten De Roon (@Dirono)

No one is safe from Marten De Roon’s jibes, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo feeling his wrath in the past. His post match tweets are always original and will usually put a smile on your face.

https://twitter.com/Dirono/status/1276050673767940099

Centre-midfield: John McGinn (@JMcGinn7)

Quick-witted John McGinn is not shy of an opinion or a laugh. Twitter highlights include a video of him turning up to training dressed as a roast chicken, missing celebrations due to a drugs test and responding to bland teammate posts.

https://twitter.com/jmcginn7/status/1383925609076695048

Left-midfield: Allan Saint-Maximin (@asaintmaximin)

Allan Saint-Maximin sharp and sarcastic responses to supporters are great entertainment, as well as his ability to make light of situations others would normally shy away from.

https://twitter.com/asaintmaximin/status/1381240107680825347

Striker: Ryan Babel (@Ryanbabel)

Netherlands and Galatasaray forward Ryan Babel spearheads the attack in our team. His photoshop skills clearly aren’t lacking (as you can see below) and is also a vocal bitcoin supporter. He also has a YouTube channel in which he vlogs matches and released his music (yes, really).

https://twitter.com/Ryanbabel/status/1298354418086281216

Striker: Michy Batshuayi (@mbatshuayi)

The self-proclaimed “Batsman” has a great ability to laugh at himself, as well as using his platform to push positive change. At the previous World Cup Michy was famously made to look stupid by a goal post.

https://twitter.com/mbatshuayi/status/922474717000491014

Manager: Ian Holloway (@IanOllie7)

One of the kings of story telling, Ollie is a regular feature on podcasts and isn’t scared of revealing some of his hilarious football anecdotes. He’s also not shy of a controversial opinion…

https://twitter.com/IanOllie7/status/1373006902309752832

Most followed XI

To accommodate for the most followed players, we’ve moved away from the conventional 4-4-2 and into a free flowing 3-4-3. It seems defenders generally aren’t as popular on Twitter, who knew?

A combined following of 175m (with just over half contributed by Cristiano Ronaldo) is pretty impressive. However, these players tend to have their accounts managed by agencies and churn out uninteresting or sponsored posts. So while they are the most famous players in the Europe, they’re not all that great to have on your Twitter feed.

Player Position Followers
David De Gea GK 13.1m
Pepe CB 3.5m
Raphael Varane CB 6.3m
Mats Hummels CB 2.1m
Eden Hazard RM 7m
Toni Kroos CM 8.9m
Paul Pogba CM 8.4m
Gareth Bale LM 18.7m
Cristiano Ronaldo ST 91.9m
Antoine Griezmann ST 7.8m
Kylian Mbappe ST 6m
Ronald Koeman Boss 1.3m
https://twitter.com/hazardeden10/status/1288165237485711362
https://twitter.com/D_DeGea/status/1366115730098429970

So while they are the most famous players in ‌Europe, they’re not all that great to have on your Twitter feeds.

And there you have it! Two teams who have the social media world at their feet. If Euro 2020 is as good as (some of) these guys are on Twitter, we’re in for a good one.

Did we miss anyone out? Let us know in the comments below.

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