Laziest footballers on the planet: top 12 includes Arsenal duo & Liverpool star

The laziest footballers in world football…

Is there anything more frustrating than a player with bags of ability, who won’t work that little bit harder? For some, it’s just a part of their game – being deceptively lethargic until the ball comes near them and then bursting into action, while for others, they’d just prefer others do the hard work.

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We’ll let you decide which is which as fanatix counts down the twelve laziest players of all time in the gallery below:

12) Nicklas Bendtner (Wolfsburg)

Nicklas Bendtner Wolfsburg

11) Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham)

Emmanuel Adebayor Tottenham

10) Lukas Podolski (Arsenal)

Lukas Podolski Arsenal

9) Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg)

Rafael Van Der Vaart Hamburg

8) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Karim Benzema Real Madrid

7) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)

Mesut Ozil Arsenal

6) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic PSG

5) Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers)

Adel Taarabt AC Milan

4) Darren Bent (Aston Villa)

Darren Bent Aston Villa

3) Andrey Arshavin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)

Andrei Arshavin

2) Mario Balotelli (Liverpool)

Mario Balotelli Liverpool

1) Dimitar Berbatov (AS Monaco)

Dimitar Berbatov AS Monaco

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