The Premiership's Greatest Foreign Players

[Rangers_Fureva]

Sky One are doing this, which their results will be revealed in a 2 hour special at the start of the season.

What i'll do is when i get quite a number of people's votes i'll stick the 10 most popular in a vote, obviously as i can't get 50 players in one poll.

Right now, this is how the poll stands, but on Insight you could change that.;) :cool:

Everyone can pick no more than '2' players.


1. Thierry Henry

2. Xavi Alonso

3. Eric Cantona

4. Gianfranco Zola

5. Denis Bergkamp

6. Paulo Di Canio

7. Ruud Van Nistelrooy

8. Nolberto Solano

9. Jurgen Klinsmann

10. Christiano Ronaldo

11. Harry Kewell

12. Gianluca Vialli

13. Jose Antonio Reyes

14. David Ginola

15. Patrick Vieira

16. Sami Hyypia

17. Andrei Kanchelskis

18. Dietmar Hamman

19. Juninho

20. Lucas Radebe

21. Nicolas Anelka

22. Robert Pires

23. Roberto Di Matteo

24. William Gallas

25. Yakubu

26. Youri Djorkaeff

27. Brad Friedel

28. Carlo Cudicini

29. Claude Makelele

30. Dan Petrescu

31. Didier Drogba

32. Dwight Yorke

33. Edwin Van Der Sar

34. Eidur Gudjohnsen

35. Emmanuel Petit

36. Freddie Ljungberg

37. Gustavo Poyet

38. Jaap Stam

39. Jay Jay Okocha

40. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

41. Lauren

42. Marc Overmars

43. Marcel Desailly

44. Mark Viduka

45. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

46. Patrick Berger

47. Peter Schmeichel

48. Petr Cech

49. Phillippe Albert

50. Steed Malbranque

[Akineye]

Cantona. End of.

[Jonny2J]

Thierry Henry and Peter Schmeichel

[ps2gtavc]

Eric Cantona and Denis Bergkamp

[Yi-Long]

Dennis Bergkamp and YP Lee.

[Jonno394]

Henry and Di Canio.

[greenegg]

Zola and Henry

[pbchillin]

Zola and Schmeichel.

[Huw]

Where is Dugarry ?

Bergkamp and Zola for me - Bergamp best in British football by a mile.

[Barry]

Bergkamp and Henry.

[Papa]

steed and henry

how the hell did drogba get in there...?

[Stella Artois]

Henry, Bergkamp, Schmeichel, Pascal Cygan.

Why the hell Reyes is number 13 is beyond me.

[Osama_BinLaden]

Cantona, a legend, and Henry

[Ryαп]

13. Jose Antonio Reyes

:mellow: How the hell is he above Patrick Viera??!!

[Definitely Maybe]

Zola and Bergkamp

A good portion of those are dodgy to say the least.

[Gavdog]

The fact Reyes is in it just proves how accurate it is..

Gianfranco Zola and Denis Bergkamp

[Disco Pants]

I thought of Zola as soon as I read the title.

[Paul B]

Zola is indeed the first person that springs to mind...

Zola & Henry

[Charlie]

Schemichael and Henry, with Zola just missing out

[Disco Pants]

Reyes has a lot to prove, he does some good stuff scored some good goals but has a long way to go!!

[Charlie]

Reyes has a lot to prove, he does some good stuff scored some good goals but has a long way to go!!

True. If only he'd cut out the diving shit.

[Disco Pants]

True. If only he'd cut out the diving shit.


Yeah this whole 'Most Fouled Player' - I wonder how many of these were actually fouls and not him falling over. He lets himself down on this

[Krook]

This is tough having only to choose 2 but mine are:

Henry & Bergkamp.

Zola, Cantona & Schemichel are all deserved but I don't think as much as the above two.

P.S. I'm NOT an Arsenal fan. :D

[Charlie]

Yeah this whole 'Most Fouled Player' - I wonder how many of these were actually fouls and not him falling over. He lets himself down on this

True, mate. Id say that about 0.2% are actual fouls, the rest is diving ;)

[Gavdog]

The fact Reyes is in it just proves how accurate it is..

Gianfranco Zola and Denis Bergkamp

[Disco Pants]

There was alot of dare I say it 'Older Players' coming into the Premiership who came for the money Zola just looked like he loved the whole set up of English Football the fans the style of play etc......

[martin_cranie]

Bergkamp and Henry.

Zola and Cantona in particular deserve a mention but they don't match the class of the above two. Schmeichel and Vieira were excellent too.

[kallem28]

There are a bunch of quality players, but I reckon that Bergkamp and Zola are the greatest foreigners ever in the Premiership!

They kinda changed the way people play in the Premiership nowadays!

[Gun_Runner]

Zola & Bergkamp are both premiership legends...

[Original?]

Bergkamp and Zola.

[Rambo]

van nistelrooy and henry

[Keyser Soze]

Harry Kewell above the likes of Desailly, Makelele, Ginola, Viera etc. :huh:

Gianfranco Zola and Eric Cantona.

[Sagdiyev]

Zola and Henry. Followed closely by Schemichael then Cantona.

[Top Gun]

Gianfranco Zola and Dennis Bergkamp

[Disco Pants]

Harry Kewell above the likes of Desailly, Makelele, Ginola, Viera etc. :huh:


I dont think this is the final placings if thats what you mean.

[Keyser Soze]

I dont think this is the final placings if thats what you mean.
Ah, Kewell in the list is a joke on it's own.

[PES4KING05]

Henry and C. Ronaldo

[Disco Pants]

Ah, Kewell in the list is a joke on it's own.


True, he had potential at leeds but them days are well behind him now. Although some Liverpool fans will disagree on recent form but he is still far from the player at Leeds.

[Rambo]

Ah, Kewell in the list is a joke on it's own.
maybe. kewell was a great player at leeds but he couldnt do the same at liverpool

[Magpie4eva]

Hmmm...Zola and Henry but Schmeichal and Cantona get a mention. Do other UK countries count or is it just England?

How many goals did Zola score for Chelsea?

[Keyser Soze]

Hmmm...Zola and Henry but Schmeichal and Cantona get a mention. Do other UK countries count or is it just England?

How many goals did Zola score for Chelsea?
59... or similar. But obviously, he wasn't a goal-scorer.

[50!]

Bergkamp and Boumsong.

[Zadeh9]

They have missed the best one so this shows how good this fucking poll is what about Nolberto Solano he is a legend and FAUSTINO ASRILLA

[Rambo]

They have missed the best one so this shows how good this fucking poll is what about Nolberto Solano he is a legend and FAUSTINO ASRILLA
is that the guy who does that dumbass kart wheel

[Zadeh9]

yeh he was amazing, so how the fook some one like reyes or kewell gets on and he doesnt i will never know!

[Yossi]

Two of Henry, Zola and Cantona. I'm going for Henry and Cantona.

[Huw]

What about George Weah ? Niemi ? Asprilla ? That Italian grey haired striker Middlesbor had (cant remember his name) Laudrup, Gullitt ?

That list has missed so many out

[Sweey]

George Weah didn't perform in England though as he was already declining in his career, aided by "I want to manage in England because I'm brilliant" Alberto Zaccheroni (who is a joke) as he wanted to use him as a winger.

And the name you forget is that of Fabrizio Ravanelli.

[Dragonfly]

Denis Bergkamp and (2nd choice is a tough one) Peter Schmeichel.

I also noticed Roy Keane wasn't there. Doesn't Republic of Ireland count as foreign (ROI isn't part of Britain is it?).

[Huw]

Ive just thought of another - Stan Lazaridis !!!!!

Seriously though that list is just concentrating too much on players of today rather than thinking back 5+ years.

Thuanks Sweey - Ravanelli was the man I was thinking of. He wasnt that good here but he was better than half of those in that list

[Joel]

I'll go for Zola and Bergkamp.

[Haribo]

Cantona and Schmeichel.

[Definitely Maybe]

yeh he was amazing, so how the fook some one like reyes or kewell gets on and he doesnt i will never know!

He was a legend alright, the impact he had on Wearside around 1996 ish was incredible :tongue:

[Glavisted]

Eric Cantoná and Nolberto Solano.

[Jonny2J]

He was a legend alright, the impact he had on Wearside around 1996 ish was incredible :tongue: Motherfucker! :tongue:

[Ziss]

Schmeichel and Vieira. The impact they had on the teams they played for was amazing. Look how less decent each team looked once they left.

[Nedy]

Henry and Schmeichel.....and like said Charles, Zola just missing out...

[uA - 1905]

Valerien Ismael

[Viperized]

Henry/Bergkamp/Cantona/Zola

[GuyP]

Where is Dugarry ?

Bergkamp and Zola for me - Bergamp best in British football by a mile.

Agreed.

[greenegg]

sorry if this sounds wet but is Matt Le Tissier classed as foreign because he is from an island or is that island English anyway and I seem to remember him being capped by England can anyone confirm please.

[Jonny2J]

sorry if this sounds wet but is Matt Le Tissier classed as foreign because he is from an island or is that island English anyway and I seem to remember him being capped by England can anyone confirm please. Jersey? and it was a disgrace the lack of caps Le God got for England!

[GuyP]

Le Tissier - Ugly face, beautiful football (or is it the other way round?;))

[greenegg]

Jersey? and it was a disgrace the lack of caps Le God got for England!

Yea he is easily in the top 10 prem players ever for me, shame he played for Southampton

[Jonny2J]

Yea he is easily in the top 10 prem players ever for me, shame he played for Southampton

http://www.pesinsight.com/showthread.php?t=26788&highlight=tissier

;)

[greenegg]

http://www.pesinsight.com/showthread.php?t=26788&highlight=tissier

;)
Yea never seen that before I'm a noob mate, but a good read all the same. Thanks

[Jonny2J]

Yea never seen that before I'm a noob mate, but a good read all the same. Thanks That's why i pointed you in it's direction mate as i knew you wouldn't have come across it before :)

[Nturtle]

1. Bergkamp
2. Zola

[accessgranted]

1. Bergkamp
2. Schmeichel

Schmeichel was a rock. Pretty much the reason why Utd were so successful throughout the 90s.

As for Bergkamp. He pretty much brought creativity to the English game.

[Cali]

Henry and Eric Cantona.