{"id":6487,"date":"2024-09-11T15:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:22:51","slug":"opta-stats-crown-dimitri-payet-as-king-of-barclaysmen-during-west-ham-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/opta-stats-crown-dimitri-payet-as-king-of-barclaysmen-during-west-ham-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Opta Stats Crown Dimitri Payet As &#8216;King Of The Barclaysmen&#8217; During West Ham Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dimitri Payet has been crowned &#8216;king of the Barclaysmen&#8217; by Opta, with the Frenchman creating the most chances during the Barclays Premier League era.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Opta Stats Crown Dimitri Payet As &#8216;King Of Barclaysmen&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>A new trend has swept across social media, as football fans, clubs and twitter accounts are now posting old clips from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/premier-league-barclays-era-deep-dive\/\">Barclays Premier League era and questioning if it was better than the current Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>People on Twitter have been finding posts from football clubs and quote tweeting them with videos of the goals\/moment from the original tweet.<\/p>\n<p>For example, this Chelsea fan account took a trip down memory lane and found a tweet from Liverpool about Eden Hazard&#8217;s wonder-goal at Stamford Bridge in 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0fCaegkv4d\">pic.twitter.com\/0fCaegkv4d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F4M1tZpewt\">https:\/\/t.co\/F4M1tZpewt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2708\ufe0f (@Arrizabalager) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arrizabalager\/status\/1833591551089590410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of tweets that are in a similar fashion to the one above how been posted daily and has begged the question of who is the ultimate &#8216;Barclaysman&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>Barclays Bank became the title sponsor of the Premier League at the beginning of 2001\/02 and took a backseat in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>During this time, several players rose to stardom, made special cameos or were part of a major moment in England&#8217;s top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, Opta, the leading statistics company for the Premier League, has looked into who was the ultimate Barclaysman &#8211; focusing on the biggest chance creator.<\/p>\n<p>This crown has fell on the head of Dimitri Payet, who became a cult hero at West Ham between 2015 and 2017 after scoring some sensational performances.<\/p>\n<p>According to Opta, Payet leads the way for chances created per 90 (for players who played over 1000 mins) during the 12-year reign of Barclays, creating 4.2 chances per game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Across the 12 years that Barclays sponsored the Premier League, these were the leading chance creators per 90 (1,000+ mins):<\/p>\n<p>Dimitri Payet &#8211; 4.2<br \/>Mesut \u00d6zil &#8211; 3.7<br \/>Kevin De Bruyne, Sylvain Marveaux &#8211; 3.5<br \/>David Silva &#8211; 3.3<br \/>Florent Malouda &#8211; 3.2<br \/>Ryan Giggs &#8211; 3.1<br \/>Christian Eriksen -\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SP3MuCghYF\">pic.twitter.com\/SP3MuCghYF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaAnalyst\/status\/1833844502622072953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This tally is superior to the likes of Mesut Ozil, Kevin De Bruyne, Ryan Giggs, Dusan Tadic, Florent Malouda and Christian Eriksen.<\/p>\n<p>During his spell in East London, the Frenchman made 60 appearances and contributed to 37 goals in the process (15G+22A).<\/p>\n<p>However, his time in the Premier League was cut short as he wanted to return to Marseille, who he re-signed for at the start of the 2016\/17 season.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham fans have mixed feelings towards the former French international, as he contributed with a multitude of memorable moments but also left the club rather abruptly.<\/p>\n<p>When looking into his time at the Hammers there are some standout moments, the unbelievable free-kicks against Crystal Palace and Manchester United, a rabona assist against Watford and the silky solo goal vs Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dimitri Payet X Big Dreams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Barclaysman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Barclaysman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7A5MOXIfO8\">pic.twitter.com\/7A5MOXIfO8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cal (@Calz_002) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Calz_002\/status\/1833694849389801658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitri Payet has been crowned &#8216;king of the Barclaysmen&#8217; by Opta, with the Frenchman creating the most chances during the Barclays Premier League era. 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