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10 most criminally underrated players of all-time as Benzema's quality finally noticed

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everyone says a certain player is 'underrated', then he isn't. Claude Makelele, Michael Carrick, James Milner - sorry lads, but you're all appreciated appropriately.Thirdly, to be considered 'criminally' underrated, there needs to literally be a chasm between a player's reputation and what he actually brought to the table.

So with that in mind, here are 10 of the most genuinely underrated players of all time.He spent nearly a decade in Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow, but the world is finally coming to terms with just how incredible Karim Benzema is.

Back to back Champions League hattricks against Paris Saint Germain and Chelsea paint a bite-sized picture of the kind of form the Frenchman's been in recently, but truth be told, he's always been this good.The Real Madrid striker has scored, on average, 24 goals a season across his 13 years at the Bernabeu - and that figure jumps to 31 since Ronaldo's departure - but there's far more than just goals in his deadly arsenal.The 34-year-old can use both feet, he can drop deep and aid build-up, he has the vision of a playmaker and the positional intelligence of a classic poacher, and as last night proved, he can head the ball better than almost anyone.

Simply put, Benzema is the full package, and it's high time we all recognised it.Are there any 'criminally underrated' players that we've missed?

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