Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire top list of most abused Premier League stars

A new report has found that Manchester United duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire received more abuse on Twitter than any other Premier League players.

Abuse towards footballers has become an increasing problem in recent seasons, with the footballing world taking a four day social media blackout in protest last year. The true extend of the torrent of abusive messages that top-flight stars face has now been revealed.

Ofcom have released a new report after analysing 2.3million tweets across the first half of last season. They found nearly 60,000 of those posts were abusive in nature, with seven in 10 Premier League stars targeted.

Half of those messages were directed at just 12 players, eight of whom were playing for the Red Devils. The Alan Turing Institute led the study, finding two major peaks in the frequency of abusive messages being sent.

10 Most Abused Premier League Stars
1. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Harry Maguire

3. Marcus Rashford

4. Bruno Fernandes

5. Fred

6. Jesse Lingard

7. Paul Pogba

8. David de Gea

9. Harry Kane

10. Jack Grealish