larrson not in the top ten he only played a monthred_devils4life said:
King Eric crowned the Premier League's best import
King Eric crowned the Premier League's best import, while Crown Prince Cristiano squeezes into the top 10
- The Daily Mail / Four Four Two
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo may be considered by many to be the greatest player in the world at the moment, but the Portuguese superstar still has some way to go to surpass fellow Old Trafford legend Eric Cantona in the list of the best foreigners to have played in the Premier League.
For despite plundering an amazing 36 goals for Sir Alex Ferguson's side this season, the 23-year-old is only ranked as the eighth best overseas player to play in England, way behind Cantona.
The Frenchman, who helped end the Reds' long title drought when he inspired them to the league crown in 1993, tops the list in FourFourTwo magazine ahead of Arsenal duo Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry.
Celtic great Henrik Larsson, who spent a brief few months at Old Trafford last season is fourth, while Chelsea wizard Gianfranco Zola makes up the top five.
Despite their tradition of bringing through homegrown players, United have the most players in the poll with 14, while Chelsea have 12 and Arsenal 9.
French players figure most in the list with 12, while there are 10 Dutch players, eight from Italy, six from Australia and five from Norway.
Fulham's current keeper Kasey Keller is ranked 100th on the list, although it's not clear if the compilers had run out of names by this point. It's rumoured Marco Boogers was 101st.
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I happen to agree with the top three, but Zola deserves to be ahead of Henrik Larsson
- The Daily Mail / Four Four Two
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo may be considered by many to be the greatest player in the world at the moment, but the Portuguese superstar still has some way to go to surpass fellow Old Trafford legend Eric Cantona in the list of the best foreigners to have played in the Premier League.
For despite plundering an amazing 36 goals for Sir Alex Ferguson's side this season, the 23-year-old is only ranked as the eighth best overseas player to play in England, way behind Cantona.
The Frenchman, who helped end the Reds' long title drought when he inspired them to the league crown in 1993, tops the list in FourFourTwo magazine ahead of Arsenal duo Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry.
Celtic great Henrik Larsson, who spent a brief few months at Old Trafford last season is fourth, while Chelsea wizard Gianfranco Zola makes up the top five.
Despite their tradition of bringing through homegrown players, United have the most players in the poll with 14, while Chelsea have 12 and Arsenal 9.
French players figure most in the list with 12, while there are 10 Dutch players, eight from Italy, six from Australia and five from Norway.
Fulham's current keeper Kasey Keller is ranked 100th on the list, although it's not clear if the compilers had run out of names by this point. It's rumoured Marco Boogers was 101st.
I happen to agree with the top three, but Zola deserves to be ahead of Henrik Larsson
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Yeah, I know...and isn't that what I've said earlier in my post??abojodeh said:
so whatred_devils4life said:Yeah, I know...and isn't that what I've said earlier in my post??
i think evra should be in the list
I think there's an echo in this forum...and Evra in the list? You gotta' be kiddin' me mate. He ain't even better than Dennis Irwin & you think he ought to be in that list? Not now, but he may be included in the future if he stay for another good, ol' 3-4 years and continues to win major trophies for United in his current form imo.abojodeh said:so what
i think evra should be in the list
abo just enjoys adding to his posts tally so will post anything to get it upred_devils4life said:I think there's an echo in this forum...and Evra in the list? You gotta' be kiddin' me mate. He ain't even better than Dennis Irwin & you think he ought to be in that list? Not now, but he may be included in the future if he stay for another good, ol' 3-4 years and continues to win major trophies for United in his current form imo.
Should've guessed by nowfazman said:
...you couldn't really blame him as he hasn't been around here lately is he? Im with you Nater on your top 5NateR said:
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