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Chelsea fans hyping up RLC una there’s no way he’s going to the very top. Failed the name test miserably. 100% a scrub
A guy with “cheek” in his name will never reach the top. It is what it is. How do you think players like Ronaldo have such an insane brand? Name test might be the biggest factor separating scrubs from world beaters. Just look at Özil
Every world class player you see has passed the name test. Hazard, Neymar, Pogba, Messi are all insane brands because they’ve passed the name test with flying colors. Imagine if Messi’s first name was something common like Sergio? He would never reach such a high status
Salah shortens his name from Mohammed to Mo, it becomes iconic and he instantly becomes an insane brand and a world class player. Surprise? I don’t think so. There’s a reason Mane will never reach Salah status in terms of brand value
Why do people say KDB isn’t pleasing on the eye when his passing tech is one of the best I’ve ever seen? Because his first name is a common ass name like Kevin and he’s a ginger. Only reason people don’t call him aesthetically pleasing
Look at the best players from the last decade. Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Iniesta, Xavi, Hazard, all passed the name test with flying colors. Look at the current best young talents. Mbappe, Haaland, Havertz, Sancho, Felix and Trent is an anomaly. Rest have passed the test
Players like Zidane, Özil would never have such a huge brand it their names weren’t marketable. There’s a reason people still talk about Özil despite this being his 3rd straight season of dropping disasterclasses
Bring me one elite player who doesn’t have a marketable name. Pelé, Maradona another examples of the name test graduates. One of the reasons I like about vvd is that he’s passed the name test very well
Look at the Scholes Gerrard Lampard debate. Scholes has woeful PR despite having Fergie influence all life but Gerrard and Lampard are marketable names. Lampard more so than Gerrard. I know a lot of people who know Gerrard and Lampard despite never following football
But I’ve never seen anyone say they know Scholes despite never following football. Another example proving my point
There’s a reason Modric got all the hype during Real’s 3peat while no one talked about Kroos. More people talked about Casemiro than Kroos when Kroos was clearly the better player
Giroud should’ve been shipped back to France years ago. Looks and name are keeping his career alive
Griezmann too. There’s no way Barca think a 28y/o is worth 120m
Name test doesn’t only apply to football too. Would Lebron really be such a huge brand if his name wasn’t so unique?