Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire are the two Premier League players who receive the most abuse on Twitter, a study has found.

The study conducted by the Alan Turing Institute in association with Ofcom in the first half of last season found that Ronaldo received 12,520 abusive tweets in that time, while Maguire received 8,954 -- nearly 6,400 more than the next player on the list, Marcus Rashford.

Eight of the 10 players who endured the worst backlash played for United last season -- Ronaldo, Maguire, Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Fred, Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba and David De Gea -- when they finished sixth in the league and failed to qualify for the Champions League.

The other two players in the top 10 are Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, fifth in the list with 2,127 abusive tweets directed at him, and Jack Grealish, who signed for Manchester City in a British-record £100 million deal last year and received 1,538 hateful posts.

The study, which reveals the level of animosity footballers face on social media, found there was a peak in activity when Ronaldo signed for United from Juventus last August and when Maguire posted an apology in the aftermath of his side's derby defeat to City in November.

Ronaldo has made headlines this summer after submitting a transfer request to leave Old Trafford, while Maguire has been booed by United and England fans in recent months, with his club manager Erik ten Hag saying that the only way he could beat those critics was through his performances.

Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom's group director for broadcasting and online content, said: "These findings shed light on a dark side to the beautiful game.

"Online abuse has no place in sport, nor in wider society, and tackling it requires a team effort."

The study involved analysis of 2.3 million tweets, of which nearly 60,000 were found to be abusive. Seven in 10 Premier League players were found to be victims of online abuse

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1554512350186807296?t=09M6XZBVg0xcpkMPph9y0A&s=19

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What's your take?

United fan base are toxic

reeleriksen:
United fan base are toxic

They don't have patience with their players

They even threatened Maguire and his family

Cristiano Ronaldo deserves all the abuses he gets,. Both on and offline,. Very greedy, selfish and self centered player,. Who cares only about himself..

Queenslander:
Cristiano Ronaldo deserves all the abuses he gets,. Both on and offline,. Very greedy, selfish and self centered player,. Who cares only about himself..

simple, u took those words out of me asif u de read my mind...u jus save me d stress of typing same...thanks

chigoziri2403:


They don't have patience with their players

They even threatened Maguire and his family

patience?? you get idea how much those guys de chop per week?? if trophies are determined by how much each club pays all players per week,united for de win at least 2 trophies each season..
cr7 was the highest paid last season n even the magiire earns 238k more than can dik on 230k and u expect the fans to stay silent on their mediocre performances?? no na
if na naija eeh, fans for don enter pitch beat them join

Queenslander:
Cristiano Ronaldo deserves all the abuses he gets,. Both on and offline,. Very greedy, selfish and self centered player,. Who cares only about himself..

But he's considered a man United legend

paulolee:

patience?? you get idea how much those guys de chop per week?? if trophies are determined by how much each club pays all players per week,united for de win at least 2 trophies each season..
cr7 was the highest paid last season n even the magiire earns 238k more than can dik on 230k and u expect the fans to stay silent on their mediocre performances?? no na
if na naija eeh, fans for don enter pitch beat them join

You are right
But it's a sport
You can't win all the time

reeleriksen:
United fan base are toxic

simply because they spend more and get bad performances in return
the same fans dt av seen the fergie glorious united winning all trophies, playing beautiful football even with less spending..
the same fans that do see their noisy neighbors man.city dominating EPL n winning all trophies knowing that dey are bigger than city, d thing dey pain na.....I expect them to be over toxic..

insult never start....the fact is that all fans have short memories, if the players step up and grind results, the same fans would worship them..
PSG fans once booed their players n even messi after last season UCL collapse against Madrid, a new coach came in, they won a cup last week and the same fans are happy and the club are even thinking about giving messi an early contract renewal after hearing barca are working on his return.
las las PSG n barca go share dt messi into two and both take each part...barca need messi too, no be our fault say e still good unlike the other 37 year old wey all big teams de reject....i no call names oo

chigoziri2403:

You are right
But it's a sport
You can't win all the time

I know but the fans have been waiting for a massive 4 years just to win a trophy, even if na corabo or fa cup...the fans even de try self, if na barca or madrid, dey would av stopped coming to the stadiums a long time after seeing dt they is no improvement.
if u are a united fan staying in Manchester, u would understand the frustration better especially seeing ur close rivals city winning all domestic titles each season when you both are spending huge cash on signing n wages....guy d tin de pain eeh

chigoziri2403:

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire are the two Premier League players who receive the most abuse on Twitter, a study has found.

The study conducted by the Alan Turing Institute in association with Ofcom in the first half of last season found that Ronaldo received 12,520 abusive tweets in that time, while Maguire received 8,954 -- nearly 6,400 more than the next player on the list, Marcus Rashford.

Eight of the 10 players who endured the worst backlash played for United last season -- Ronaldo, Maguire, Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Fred, Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba and David De Gea -- when they finished sixth in the league and failed to qualify for the Champions League.

The other two players in the top 10 are Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, fifth in the list with 2,127 abusive tweets directed at him, and Jack Grealish, who signed for Manchester City in a British-record £100 million deal last year and received 1,538 hateful posts.

The study, which reveals the level of animosity footballers face on social media, found there was a peak in activity when Ronaldo signed for United from Juventus last August and when Maguire posted an apology in the aftermath of his side's derby defeat to City in November.

Ronaldo has made headlines this summer after submitting a transfer request to leave Old Trafford, while Maguire has been booed by United and England fans in recent months, with his club manager Erik ten Hag saying that the only way he could beat those critics was through his performances.

Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom's group director for broadcasting and online content, said: "These findings shed light on a dark side to the beautiful game.

"Online abuse has no place in sport, nor in wider society, and tackling it requires a team effort."

The study involved analysis of 2.3 million tweets, of which nearly 60,000 were found to be abusive. Seven in 10 Premier League players were found to be victims of online abuse

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1554512350186807296?t=09M6XZBVg0xcpkMPph9y0A&s=19

Maguire in particular had received so much abuse. The guy dey collect INSULTS, Back-Back


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Queenslander:
Cristiano Ronaldo deserves all the abuses he gets,. Both on and offline,. Very greedy, selfish and self centered player,. Who cares only about himself..

Agreed..
Btw are you a Utd fan?

paulolee:

simple, u took those words out of me asif u de read my mind...u jus save me d stress of typing same...thanks

U really have deep mental health issues , but u don't know it... the damage Ronaldo has coursed u mentally is same with what a little girl than was raped at 9 is going thru... u hv deep mental health issues.... PTRS( post traumatic Ronaldo syndrome ) its certain that he damaged u when he scored a last minute goal that knocked out whatever team u supported as a child ... u really need Therapy cos u are becoming an embarrassment in this forum

chigoziri2403:

But he's considered a man United legend

Yes, Agreed.. but still doesn't mask his shitty persona..

kendrick93:

Agreed..
Btw are you a Utd fan?

Yes ❣️, 100%

Kingcalls:


U really have deep mental health issues , but u don't know it... the damage Ronaldo has coursed u mentally is same with what a little girl than was raped at 9 is going thru... u hv deep mental health issues.... PTRS( post traumatic Ronaldo syndrome ) its certain that he damaged u when he scored a last minute goal that knocked out whatever team u supported as a child ... u really need Therapy cos u are becoming an embarrassment in this forum

oga go rest with all ur rubbish english....ur man is the most hated n dts d fact, if na messi dey dt bad shoes, u n ur others for don crowd sports section with daily messi bad news n the mods go de drop am for FP each day

paulolee:

oga go rest with all ur rubbish english....ur man is the most hated n dts d fact, if na messi dey dt bad shoes, u n ur others for don crowd sports section with daily messi bad news n the mods go de drop am for FP each day

Only a stupid person will be arguing with someone that have deep mental health issues ... Go get help b4 it's too late

Kingcalls:


Only a stupid person will be arguing with someone that have deep mental health issues ... Go get help b4 it's too late

: you sound pained and fraustrated? ..

Wizywiz:
: you sound pained and fraustrated? ..

Pain and frustrated with someone thats confirmed to hv mental health issues ... Mayb u get pained and frustrated when u see mad men on the street talking to themselves

Feel sorry for them. Fans are very emotional and social media is fueling their toxicity

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Kingcalls:


Pain and frustrated with someone thats confirmed to hv mental health issues ... Mayb u get pained and frustrated when u see mad men on the street talking to themselves

Biko be calming down

Queenslander:
Yes ❣️, 100%

Cool
So you belong to the enemies then
Hope you guys are ready for more wailing this upcoming season

kendrick93:
Cool
So you belong to the enemies then
Hope you guys are ready for more wailing this upcoming season

Yes,. There will be no wailing though, Enemies? What's your team?

Queenslander:
Yes,. There will be no wailing though, Enemies? What's your team?

I belong to the main Reds
Liverpool of course

kendrick93:

I belong to the main Reds
Liverpool of course

I see, but Manchester United is still the biggest club in England though

Queenslander:
I see, but Manchester United is still the biggest club in England though

Historically
Yeah...
Though we're not far behind.
But you guys have been on downward spiral for years