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Players we wished had played in the Premier League (but didn't)

Greg Lea

November 14, 2022 at 7:07 AM

Premier League wishes

Ronaldo

Alessandro Del Piero

Oliver Kahn

Ronaldinho

Paolo Montero

Juan Román Riquelme

Dejan Savićević

Roberto Carlos

Christian Vieri

Zinedine Zidane

Stefan Effenberg

Cafu

Francesco Totti

Roberto Baggio

Gabriel Batistuta

Iván de la Peña

Xavi

Andrea Pirlo

Raul

Carlos Valderrama

Javier Zanetti

Fabio Cannavaro

Hristo Stoichkov

Michael Laudrup

Rene Higuita

Rivaldo

Sinisa Mihajlovic

Alessandro Nesta

Gennaro Gattuso

Jose Luis Chilavert

Miroslav Klose

Lilian Thuram

Filippo Inzaghi

David Trezeguet

Gheorghe Hagi

Clarence Seedorf

Matthias Sammer

Pavel Nedved

Carles Puyol

Iker Casillas

Phillip Lahm

David Villa

Romario

Kaka

Luis Figo

Paolo Maldini

Ally McCoist

Marcelo Salas

Frank de Boer

Premier League wishes

The Premier League may be the most popular domestic competition in the world, but it remains the case that the very best players tend to congregate in La Liga at Barcelona or Real Madrid. Others ply their trade in the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 or Serie A, denying English audiences the chance to witness their talent up close and personal.

In this slideshow, we pick out players we wish had played in the Premier League...

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We love the Premier League, but these players would've made it even better.

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