SadlerMUFC
Thinks for himself
But no one rates Varane at Ramos' level. Also Varane plays next to Carvajal who is much better defensively than Marcelo. Varane is clueless without Ramos in big games. You remember Juventus' almost comeback scoring 3 goals at the Bernabeu? Ramos was missing that match and Varane had to 'lead' the defence and we saw what happened.
Messi has many doubters saying he only looks good in Barca's system and doesnt perform well for Argentina. Sure people rate them but there are many who also find them overrated.
But let's stick to your example of defenders. Cannavaro got a lot of stick for his defending at Real Madrid, and he was a joke when he returned to Italy later also, he was considered overrated during his time at Inter where he really wasn't at the same level as Parma and later Juventus.
What I'm saying is that "not being rated" is more relevant today due to online forums and social media.
If it was as popular in 2002 I could see the Maldini being overrated posts after he got outjumped by a guy half his size in the 2002 world cup to get Italy knocked out.
There are even people calling Van Dijk overrated on this forum despite his excellence over the last few years.
Ramos being overrated has nothing to do with social media and everything to do with he's just not nearly as good of a defender as people like to think he is. A world class defender doesn't get caught out of position as often as he does and doesn't get the amount of bookings that he does....