Best foriegn import to the Premiership?

super_furry

Just thinking about it there, giving the fact that Dennis Bergkamp looks set to stay at Highbury for another year and I reckon he's the best 'foriegner' to grace the Premiership. Others will mention Cantona or maybe Zola, but for me, Bergkamp was catalyst for a great Arsenal era and the fact that ten years later he's still producing the goods at Highbury says it all.

KdjaCL

Arnold Muhren
/edit **** im old
/edit X 2 not actually Premiership tho

So Roy Keane.

kdjac

A Dub in Glasgo

Easily Roy Keane

Badabing

Roy Keane and after yesterday even more so

eirebhoy

Yep, Keane.

Draupnir

the one and only Keano. Best player in the Premierships history.

gimmick

Probably Bergkamp, though Cantona, Keane and Zola cant be ignored here either.

JFH would rate highly as well IMO, and if Robben continues his progress, he will be a huge star.

Third_Echelon

Has to be cantona...

Headshot

eirebhoy wrote:

Yep, Keane.

dam right keano all the way

ianomccabe

Robbie Fowler....... under the presumption that Heaven is classed another country!

KdjaCL

ianomccabe wrote:

Robbie Fowler....... under the presumption that Heaven is classed another country!

Your joking right?

Hes **** and has been **** for about 5 years in a row now. From 20 goal a season striker to barely 10(inc penos)


kdjac

Caesar_Bojangle

Thierry Henry, truly awesome.

ianomccabe

KdjaC wrote:

Your joking right?

Hes **** and has been **** for about 5 years in a row now. From 20 goal a season striker to barely 10(inc penos)


kdjac

Yeah i'm jokin mate dont worry. My hero tho!

Take it

this season: heinze

Premiership: zola, cantona, klinsman and berkamp with out a doubt

Cianan2

Mateja Kezman

smemon

lets not forget Peter Schmeichel, who looks better as the years go by

henry, keane, giggs, cantona, zola, bergkamp are all up there. surely the best import of all has to be alex ferguson, most successful man in premiership history.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Henry amd Zola.

Followed closely by Bergkamp and Kinky.

Not too far behind for Jay Jay

Cianan2

But seriously, for me, atm its Henry. I love watching this guy play. Even though im not a huge Arse fan, he just amazes me.
I used to support Utd as a kid, and pretty much because of King Eric. He was just the man. When he left, thats when i stopped supporting Utd because i felt they weren't as exciting and nobody appealed to me in the squad like he did. In step David Ginola, and the rest is history !!

Gangsta

as the years go no it'll be Henry.has to be the greatest striker the league has seen.

EDIT: as the years go ON. lol sorry

Schmichael and Henry. Hopefully Lehmann might climb up the ranks after his game on Saturday.

gandalf

Bergkamp
Henry
Cantona
Ginola
Zola

Would be the names that spring to mind straight away. I am sure Robben and quite a few of the new young names will be added to that list in the near future.

mike65

May I suggest a manager? - Wenger. Who more than any other dragged the English game onto a higher level.

Mike.

Guy:Incognito

Seeing as players form Britain (except england obviously) and Ireland are not usually claased as imports as such, its Bergkamp by a country mile. The man is awsome, at 36 hes still scoring and more importantly setting goals up. Look at any of Arsenals goals this season where he was on the pitch and the majority of them go through him at some stage, He has vision Hoddle would have killed for.

Hes done it everywhere, Premiership, Europe, World cups and European Chmpionships.

DamoRed

Bergkamp has been quality from the start. But also Gianfranco Zola, and Henry.

But step aside, all of those mentioned here, for the new kid on the block, who will be the leading foreign player in the coming years........

Xabi Alonso


Damo

RuggieBear

paul McGrath

Davey Devil

Stekelly wrote:

Seeing as players form Britain (except england obviously) and Ireland are not usually claased as imports as such, its Bergkamp by a country mile.

Why shouldn't they count as foriegners, they did under the old European foreigners rule.

jesus_thats_gre

Igor Biscan

fade2black

Remi Moses for God's sake

PHB

Excluding Irish/Scottish/Weslh players, since they were brought up through English youth academies.

Bergkamp, Schmiechal, Cantona, Bergkamp, Vieira, Van Nist would be in the list.
But Bergkamp has to be the best foreign player ever to have grace the premiership imo. His quality is just undescribable, and he is still doing it at age 35?

fade2black

PHB wrote:

Excluding Irish/Scottish/Weslh players, since they were brought up through English youth academies.

Bergkamp, Schmiechal, Cantona, Bergkamp, Vieira, Van Nist would be in the list.
But Bergkamp has to be the best foreign player ever to have grace the premiership imo. His quality is just undescribable, and he is still doing it at age 35?

Name some Irish players who were brought up through english youth academies.

The Muppet

Juninho was pretty special in his first stint at boro.

Roddy23

hes French, hes quick, his names a Porno flick - Emannuel Petit

kaimera

No order ::

Ginola.
Henry
Bergkamp
Jay_Jay
Cantona
Keane
Asprilla
Hamann.
Viera.
Zola.

eirebhoy

I think its safe to call Keane and McGrath imports. They were bought from Irish clubs and went straight into first team football. Marcel Desailly deserves a mention too.

p.pete

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Igor Biscan

El Hadj Diouf

WhiteWashMan

ricky villa and ossie ardiles.

say no more!

sikes

also in no order

klinsman
zola
henry
bergkamp
ginola
catona
schmeichal

the premiership is the home league for the top irish players.

20 Times 20 Times

So many players have played in the prm over the last 10 years that made my heart beat ten times faster so in no order

Cantona
Ginola
Di canio
Klinsmann
asprilla
kinkladza (spelling)

MrJoeSoap

Georgi Kinkladze
Andrei Kanchelskis
Eric Cantona
Peter Schmeichel
Gianfranco Zola
Thierry Henry
Tony Yeboah
Marian Pahars
Paolo Di Canio
Dennis Bergkamp
JayJay Okocha
Xabi Alonso

yom 1

Southampton may be down but we haven't forgot the legend that is


Ali Dia - A G Souness protegè

reallly though it would between Zola, Bergkamp, Schmeichel, Cantona and Henry

One for the future is the best buy of last season
Alonso

MrJoeSoap

yom 1 wrote:

Southampton may be down but we haven't forgot

Much as we may have tried...

gandalf

Bugger forgot about Paolo Di Canio. Anyone that pushes a ref around and refuses to score a goal cause the keeper is injured (I think he was injured anyway!!) is definately one to add to the list

WhiteWashMan

gandalf wrote:

Bugger forgot about Paolo Di Canio. Anyone that pushes a ref around and refuses to score a goal cause the keeper is injured (I think he was injured anyway!!) is definately one to add to the list

anyone who knocks utd out of a cup is always in my book as a good guy

gandalf

Hehehehe there is that as well. Ah but Eamo go easy on them they are all feeling delicate at the moment

MrJoeSoap

Can't believe nobody (including myself) has mentioned the legend that is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer! Anyone who scores the winner in a CL Final and can score 4 goals after coming off the bench with 20 minutes to go, despite only taking the sport up aged 19 after turning down a chance to become a professional wrestler in Norway deserves an honourable mention.

[Gasps for air]