The Worst
Diego Costa
It’s not that we have a problem with his facial hair but, yes, Diego Costa the bad, mad, spiteful, snarling, venomous, vicious, beast of a striker’s beard makes him look a lot younger than without one. Costa’s thick black beard coupled with his calculating menace has definitely earned him comparisons to Mr Twit.
It’s a clever tactic in fact, especially if you're looking to rubbing players blind with that thick scrubby brush of a beard.
Costa’s beard is a perfect example how a beard shouldn’t be. Although we do appreciate the pace at which his beard grows, if he started a game with a clean shave, 90 minutes later he would have rough stubble.
David De Gea
De Gea's beard reminds us of the age where you're like 14 and you try to grow a moustache for the first time, aiming to look like a hipster but only ending up looking like Llama instead. I'm not sure where the beard stops and the nightmares begin, looking at his bum fluff beard and extra fabric of flapping attached to his sides.
The Spanish goalkeeper would not even rank in amongst the Manchester United great beard-wearers, he still has a long way to go. Maybe David should learn a bit or two from his Spanish compatriot Xabi Alonso.
Daley Blind
Whoever trims Daley blind's beard needs to stop, same dead trim every match.The Dutchman's beard makes him look like he just stepped out of an Amish community. His ‘tache’less beard might have been big in Harrison Ford flick.
The lack of any hair on his upper cheek makes it look like bad shaving accident. Perhaps misguided by his teammate De Gea. I am not sure if Daley Blind's 'beard without tache' look is an actual choice or just what biology has sadly dealt him. He also reminds me of America’s 16th President Abraham Lincoln.
Lionel Messi
Messi’s controversial obsession with styling his hair all started with him growing a beard before the start of Copa America. Looks like Lionel Messi is going through some sort of early midlife crisis, was once the teacher's pet, but now? Tattoos, beard, dyed hair what next? piercings?
And the ginger beard almost makes him look like Michael Fassbender from Macbeth. We can’t help but wonder if Lionel Messi's bleached hair and beard are just a disguise to fool the tax man? Sorry, Messi but we just can’t buy it.
Neymar Jr
Neymar Jr might be very good with skills and tricks on the football pitch but he might be left on the bench when it comes to growing facial hair. The Brazilian wonder boy’s attempts at sporting a beard have drastically failed given his patchy and volumeless hair, some just aren’t blessed with the genes.
Neymar has gone as far to get his beard dyed blonde in the past. Ironically for a person who can’t grow a proper beard, Neymar is the brand ambassador for a very famous razor brand. Could he be the one behind Messi’s new look?
