25 Premier League Players You Should be Following on Instagram
Instagram is the first platform to offer fans a behind-the-scenes look at the lives and times of the Premier League's most famous faces.
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Instagram is the first platform to offer fans a behind-the-scenes look at the lives and times of the Premier League's most famous faces.
While previously we'd only catch a glimpse of players in post-match interviews and Premier League sticker albums, Instagram gives the likes of Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge and Mario Balotelli an opportunity to tell the world about life inside the beautiful game.
More often than not, the results are a mix of comedy and tragedy.
This is our list of 25 Premier League players to follow on Instagram.
Note: This will be updated at the end of every Premier League transfer window. All picks are correct as of August 20th 2015.
1. Mesut Özil
Instagram: @m10_official
Club: Arsenal
Introducing the world's most unlikely Drake fan. Mesut Özil also fancies himself as something of a model judging by a few of his poses but we're yet to see him become the official face of YMCMB.
2. Cesc Fabregas
Instagram: @cescf4bregas
Club: Chelsea
Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas is back in London after a three year stint at Barcelona and it looks like he's enjoying himself.
3. Ross Barkley
Instagram: @roscobarkley
Club: Everton
According to Instagram, Ross Barkley is a Mike Tyson-loving sneakerhead that watches The Sopranos and holidays in Dubai. We're sold.
4. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Instagram: @alexoxchamberlain
Club: Arsenal
The Ox comes across as one of the Premier League's most modest characters but in reality, he's like most other young athletes. Expect selfies, holidays and…scalextric?
5. Eden Hazard
Instagram: @hazardeden_10
Club: Chelsea
In between posting promo shots for FIFA 15, we occasionally get an inside look at the life of one of world football's hottest talents. He lives for selfies, apparently.
6. Morgan Schneiderlin
Instagram: @schneiderlinmo4
Club: Manchester United
The new lynchpin of Manchester United's midfield is a big fan of social media, a couple of summers ago he took to Twitter to express his disgust with Southampton's transfer policy last summer so keep one eye locked on his Instagram to see what's next.
7. Phil Jones
Instagram: @philjones_4
Club: Manchester United
Phil Jones' Instagram solidifies his reputation as football's most awkward man. Nothing he does looks right. This means that everything he does is hilarious.
8. Theo Walcott
Instagram: @theowalcott
Club: Arsenal
We only ever see Theo Walcott smiling and nodding in font of a camera, so it's refreshing to see him show a little bit of personality on Instagram. Hopefully Samuel L. Jackson knew who Theo was.
9. Vincent Kompany
Instagram: @vincentkompany
Club: Manchester City
Okay, so Vincent Kompany's Instagram is hardly the most exciting in world football but as the captain of reigning Premier League champions, he gets a bye. Plus, he's always been a monster.
10. John Terry
Instagram: @johnterry.26
Club: Chelsea
Just when we thought he couldn't find a way to make the general public dislike him anymore, it turns out John Terry really is friends with One Direction.
11. Sergio Aguero
Instagram: @aguerosergiokun16
Club: Manchester City
Aguero is probably the Premier League's best striker now that Luis Suarez has been exiled to Barcelona, but he's a whole lot more likeable in that role than his predecessor. We dare you to find a photo of Sergio Aguero on Instagram where he isn't smiling.
12. Wayne Rooney
Instagram: @waynerooney
Club: Manchester United
Wazza's Instagram presence is full of #TBT vibes and intimate family portraits. It's a rare case of a footballer successfully using social media to enhance their likeability. All he's got to do now is improve his performances on the pitch.
13. Marcos Rojo
Instagram: @marcosrojo
Club: Manchester United
One year on, Manchester United's Argentinian defender still seems genuinely happy to be playing at Old Trafford. Away from the pitch he seems to eat out. A lot.
14. Daniel Sturridge
Instagram: @dstudge
Club: Liverpool
Daniel Sturridge's popularity has exploded over the last 12 months and as a result, his Instagram remains one of the most active of all Premier League players. Forget Dat Guy Welbz, Sturridge is spearheading a new movement of Premier League players with some sort of cult credibility.
15. Christian Eriksen
Instagram: @chriseriksen8
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Danish playmaker Christian Eriksen has been Tottenham Hotspur's saviour on more than one occasion over the last couple of years, so it's no surprise his Instagram shows him to be one of the Premier League's happiest personalities.
16. Raheem Sterling
Instagram: @sterling7
Club: Manchester City
After one of the biggest will-he-won't-he of recent summers, Raheem Sterling finally moved to Manchester City. It hasn't changed him too much, though, he's still just a kid.
17. Romelu Lukaku
Instagram: @romelu.lukaku10
Club: Everton
This Belgian powerhouse became Everton's record signing this summer but his Instagram gives us an insight into his passions away from the pitch: DJing and hitting the weights. We'd never have guessed.
18. Yannick Bolasie
Instagram: @yannickbolasie
Club: Crystal Palace
Yannick Bolasie is another Premier League young gun who's into rap, clothes and selfies. Last season was his big break at Crystal Palace and he's quickly becoming one of the Premier League's new cult heroes.
19. Harry Kane
Instagram: @harrykane
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Last season made Harry Kane one of the most exciting English players of his generation, he banged them in for Spurs, and now he's banging them in for England as well. That doesn't stop him from rivalling Phil Jones as the most awkward looking footballer on Instagram.
20. Bastian Schweinsteiger
Instagram: @bastianschweinsteiger
Club: Manchester United
Manchester United's new golden boy seems to have been having a great time since he moved from Munich, and he's been more than happy to Instagram what's going on behind the scenes at his new club. Schweinsteiger also loves a selfie, so expect some pretty regular shots of his new life in Manchester.
21. Jordon Ibe
Instagram: @Jordon_Ibe
Club: Liverpool
Liverpool's next-big-thing spent the summer Instagramming pretty much everything from Wireless to nights out with his mates, all with the type of captions that are more likely from an OVO affiliate than a footballer. His Instagram pretty much cements his status as Daniel Sturridge's protege.
22. Memphis Depay
Instagram: @memphisdepay
Club: Manchester United
Memphis Depay looks like he's going to do big things with Manchester United, he's one of the most hyped up signings for a while and fans seem to love him already. Another reason to be a fan of Memphis is his fire Instagram feed, it all reached a peak with his pictures of his lads holiday with Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba.
23. Micah Richards
Instagram: @micahrichards
Club: Aston Villa
Micah Richard's has returned to the Premier League after his Italian exile and seems to have settled in well, his Instagram is already full of pictures taking the piss out of Charles N'Zogbia.
24. Chris Smalling
Instagram: @Smalling
Club: Manchester United
Chris Smalling's always seemed a bit different to most of his Premier League colleagues, his pictures walking the Machu Picchu trail in Peru or catching piranhas in the Amazon on his summer holiday only reinforced that.
25. Tim Howard
Instagram: @timhow1
Club: Everton
The big bearded 'keeper is, apparently, such a safe pair of hands that people trust him to do their tattoos. Who knew?