The Fernando Torres of the 2000s may not always have been blessed with world-class teammates, but he was a force like no other
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Wayne Rooney is the best British footballer of this century yet somehow he still doesn’t receive the recognition or accolades that he deserves
You can choose to remember Owen in any way you want, but consider yourself lucky that you weren’t playing against him during his golden years at Liverpool
Gerrard was a monster, while Scholes was sublime. But if you take the raw stats and impact over a decade, no midfielder can top Frank Lampard
There are few players who define a generation as adroitly as Thierry Henry, the man who reinvented what it meant to be a striker in England
Over the course of the 2000s, how strikers played changed vastly, and much of this was down to the attributes Didier Drogba brought to his game
The owner of an absorbent footballing brain, Xabi Alonso would become one of the world’s most perceptive and intelligent midfielders in the 2000s
With Solskjær at the helm, the future looks bright, and perhaps Scandinavian talent can once again lift Manchester United to the apex of European football
Diego Forlán was a player who left everything out on the pitch but was hampered by bad luck, limited opportunities and low confidence at Manchester United
Manchester soccer school, Fletcher Moss Rangers, have been around for 33 years and have developed professional players of both talent and decency
Tottenham’s Famous Five under Ossie Ardiles – Klinsmann, Sheringham, Anderton, Barmby and Dumitrescu – remains one of the most entertaining teams of the era
Cathartic dismissals, the appointment of the beloved club servant, that glorious finale at Selhurst: after 14 seasons, the Dons’ Premier League days ended
His style has always been grounded in realism, but Allardyce’s spell at Bolton produced one of the most intriguing stories in Premier League history
He may not always be remembered as a success story at Spurs, but Martin Jol’s work laid the foundations for what they are now under Mauricio Pochettino
In theory, the top teams from Italy and England meeting every year seemed a great idea. Sadly, the Anglo-Italian Cup descended into an ill-fated nuisance
With Arsenal’s key defender spending time in jail, up against a mighty Liverpool and a two-point deduction, winning the 1990/91 title was anything but easy
West Ham brought in £14m when they sold Craig Bellamy to Manchester City but the majority of that money was wasted in an inexplicably terrible deal
In spite of all the glory that has come City’s way recently, Kinkladze is still remembered as a hero of the 90s and one of their finest natural talents