We don’t have a clue what the hell is going on here, it’s pretty damn weird though!

There are certain players that you just love to hate, Robbie Savage was a prime example – He never even seemed like by his own fans, let alone the opposition. Fortunately for Mr Savage, he’s escaped our list as he’s now retired (same applies to Gary Neville)

In no particular order, here are the 10 most hated players in football…

Luis Suarez

When he’s not banned for making racist comments, Suarez can be found appealing every single decision that goes against Liverpool most weekends. Add to that the imaginary red and yellow cards that he carries with him and you’ve got the recipe for a hated player.

John Terry

JT as he likes to be known, has the biggest head in football. After being stripped of the England captaincy, Terry tried to upset the apple cart by planning on telling Capello exactly what he and some of the other senior players thought. Just like in the champions league final, he bottled it.

Joey Barton

Joey could find a fight in a church. Wherever he goes, trouble is sure to follow – Barton has served time in prison for his actions yet he never seems to learn. Last seen watching matches pass him by (like his England chances) in a QPR shirt.

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United’s talisman has a temper shorter than a Claude Makalele pass. Rooney, softly spoken in person struggles to contain himself on the pitch and has had more than his fair share of red cards in his time.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid’s poster boy is quite clearly his own biggest fan. The man that got Wayne Rooney sent off for England and then winked to his bench is so self centred that he doesn’t even celebrate goals that he wasn’t involved in.

Mario Balotelli

Italian hot headed striker Balotelli is a walking news story. When he’s not letting fireworks off inside his house he’s struggling to put a training bib on. When asked by a police officer why he was carrying £5,000 in cash, Mario replied “because I am rich”. Fair play Mario.

Carlos Tevez

During his short time in England football mercenary Tevez has upset a number of teams and fans alike. Currently stuck at Manchester City after falling out with boss Roberto Mancini when he refused to be brought on as a substitute against Bayern Munich.

Sergio Busquets

Barcelona’s resident diving champion Busquets is actually a pretty good player, you wouldn’t know it though from the amount of time he spends trying to cheat. It’s clearly not enough to be playing for the best league side in the world, Busquets wants to win every decision, never mind every match.

Lee Cattermole

If your team has played against Sunderland in the last couple of seasons then one of your players will no doubt have been on the receiving end of a Cattermole challenge. Cattermole makes Paul Scholes look like a grand master of tackling.

El Hadji Diouf

If you’re looking for a player to spit on the fans or possibly on the opposing team, Diouf is the man. Even spat on an 11 year old boy. Enough said.

Did Balotelli intentionally stamp on Scott Parker during City’s clash with Spurs? Take a look and see what you think…

Kenny Dalglish’s return to management hit a new low yesterday as Liverpool were thrashed by relegation strugglers Bolton.

Owen Coyle’s Wanderers saw out a 3-1 victory leaving Liverpool in 7th place in the premier league, one point behind Newcastle and Arsenal and fifteen points behind league leaders Manchester City.

Under Dalglish, Liverpool fans thought they’d found the man to take them back to challenging for the title but in truth, Dalglish’s mistakes are starting to cost them. There’s no bigger mistake than the whopping great fee Dalglish paid for Andy Carroll, a player that many expected to hit the ground running. Ironic really, as running is about the only thing Carroll has managed in a red shirt – Carroll simply doesn’t fit in to the Liverpool way of playing. His goal return is living proof of that fact (4 goals in 25 appearances).

Much like Arsene Wenger, Dalglish is a manager that cannot be sacked. His achievements are too great. At least he cannot be publicly sacked. So Liverpool find themselves in a difficult position, thats the problem when you install a club legend as manager.

The Liverpool board now have a difficult decision ahead of them. They’ve already backed Dalglish with significant funds which hasn’t yet worked out – do they continue to back the man in charge and hope they can keep up with the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United?

Liverpool are in serious danger of becoming a Europa League club.

As the quiet transfer window continues, all we can do is sit and hope that things will get frantic in the final weeks with managers scrabbling around like women at a Next sale.

Manchester City have rejected a £21m bid from Inter Milan for the incredible sulk Carlos Tevez. Carlo Ancelotti’s PSG are considering making a bid of £25m.

Liverpool are thought to be considering selling giant flop Andy Carroll back to Newcastle for £20m. Newcastle, shrewd businessmen that they are only want to pay £10m.

QPR are in desperate need of some firepower, Mark Hughes is considering making a swoop for Chelsea’s Didier Drogba.

Christopher Samba is going everywhere after handing in a transfer request to leave Ewood Park. QPR are the favourites to land him.

Real Madrid are thought to be interested in Liverpool’s racist striker Luis Suarez.

For some reason both Liverpool and Arsenal are interested in Chelsea’s Salomon Kalou. Why? No-one knows.

Chelsea’s injury prone centre back Alex is fluttering his eyelids at new QPR manager Mark Hughes

Bayern Munich are showing an interest in Manchester United’s king of tobacco, no not Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov. It is believed that United have a clause in Berbatov’s contract that allows them to extend his stay by another year.

Chelsea are keeping a close eye on Lille playmaker Eden Hazard. A bid of £25m is being considered.

For years Arsene Wenger has attempted to create the perfect club at Arsenal, he’s stuck vigilantly to his policy of not throwing money around while Manchester United, Chelsea and more recently Manchester City have done so and achieved success.

Wenger is striving to create a club that is almost self sufficient. A rarity in these money fueled days of the premier league. Bring players in young, develop them, get them believing in the methodology and reap the rewards when those players develop. Only, Arsenal aren’t reaping the rewards. Their trophy cabinet has been bare for 6 years now. The kids aren’t alright.

Recognising the weaknesses in his squad, during the last transfer window Wenger frantically tried to fill the gaps by signing a stream of players who quite simply aren’t good enough for Arsenal. Mikel Arteta, Per Mertesacker, André Santos and Yossi Benayoun all joined in what was a very bizarre time for Arsenal fans. None of the players have worked out and the void left by the exits of Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas is consuming Arsenal from within.

Wenger has always said there is money to spend, but aside from isolated transfers of relatively unknown players, he’s never used that money. Arsenal still have the pedigree to be able to attract big names to the club and they need them now more than ever. Their leaky defense has shipped 25 goals away from home this season – they need a rock at the back, one that won’t crumble when they need it the most. They also need a striker, one to take the weight off Robin Van Persie’s shoulders. Thierry Henry, once the man in the role of the RVP had the same problem during his first stint with the gunners.

Arsenal fans have their own ideas on who should join, and many will argue that they can’t compete with the likes of Manchester City for the big name players, but the truth is – there is a plethora of talented players available out there that are far superior to Arsenal’s current crop that would jump at the chance to put pen to paper for the London club.

Spurs title challenge seemed very real, 3 points behind the leaders and Christmas had passed. Yesterday Tottenham had the opportunity to go level on points with league leaders Manchester City and potentially United too, should United defeat Bolton. Inevitably Manchester United did beat Bolton comfortably, Paul Scholes scoring on his first start since returning from retirement.

Things weren’t so easy for Tottenham, in Mick McCarthy’s Wolves they were facing a team with no fear, Wolves are no longer the easy 3 points they were when first promoted under McCarthy. Indeed, Wolves took the lead leaving Spurs nervy and feeling the pressure. Eventually the found the equalizer through Modric but couldn’t grab a winner.

Blackburn down to ten men early on after Yakubu was given a straight red wouldn’t have held out much hope for beating Fulham, but win they did. Convincingly sending Fulham packing with a 3-1 win.

Liverpool, still without the suspended Luis Suarez once again looked toothless in attack, Kenny Dalglish preferring Dirk Kuyt to Andy Carroll up front. Despite having the bulk of the possession, they lacked the creativity to break down a resolute Stoke City. The game ending 0-0.

Chelsea, facing Martin O Neill’s Sunderland had a tough time, perhaps tougher than they expected – Fernando Torres looking sharp for the blues and incredibly unlucky to not score with an acrobatic effort that came back off the bar. Frank Lampard once again sent a message to Andre Villas-Boas by scoring the only goal of the game.

There was more than the odd eyebrow raised when Liverpool spent £35m on the 6’3″ Newcastle striker Andy Carroll, not because anyone expected Carroll to do poorly, more just the inflated price that Liverpool paid for his services. At the time Liverpool had £50m burning a hole in their pocket following another inflated deal that saw Chelsea pay over the odds for an out of form Fernando Torres.

Both players are now suffering the same fate. Unsuccessful runs in the first team have seen Torres and Carroll spending a lot more time warming the bench than either of them had in mind when they put pen to paper on their respective contracts.

For Andy Carroll the burden of a whopping great price tag and playing for a club that expects immediate results with a style that doesn’t suit his has proven too much. Rare appearances in the first XI have seen Carroll isolated, flicking balls on to no-one and generally scrabbling around with the ball at his feet, laying off short passes to the nearest player in a red shirt. 4 goals in 25 appearances is a poor return for any striker, let alone the one that is the current British transfer record.

Kenny Dalglish is unlikely to admit that the signing of Carroll simply hasn’t worked out, preferring to demote Carroll to the bench and deny to anyone that dare suggest it hasn’t worked out like he hoped. Some will suggest that is to protect Carroll, but the damage that’s been done to him simply by being at Liverpool is far greater.

Andy Carroll is still young, he still has a chance to make a name for himself at a club that suits his style of play and maybe not forget his Liverpool experience, but perhaps put it behind him. Carroll needs to get physical again and Liverpool cannot offer him what he needs. Liverpool will make a huge loss if they sell Carroll, that’s a certainty, but what value are they getting by keeping him?

Everton have confirmed the signing of Manchester United’s Republic of Ireland international midfielder Darren Gibson.

Gibson, 24 has been struggling for first team opportunities at United and a proposed move to Sunderland recently broke down.

Gibson is Everton boss David Moyes second signing of the transfer window following his loan deal to bring Landon Donovan back to Goodison Park after US international Donovan impressed during his first spell with the toffees.

Everton fans will be pleased with the additional firepower that the new signings bring. Gibson’s record in particular stands up well, scoring 10 times in 60 appearances for Manchester United.

Following the decision of Alexandre Pato to stay at AC Milan rather than join PSG, negotiations have broken down between Manchester City and AC Milan.

Argentinian sulker, Tevez had been hoping for an exit from Manchester after seemingly falling out with the club as Tevez wants to be closer to his home.

City are not willing to let Tevez go out on loan until the end of the season and are only looking for a complete transfer. Roberto Mancini will have one eye on any funds that the potential sale of Carlos Tevez would bring.

It is thought that Inter Milan are also interested in the Argentinian international.