The best Premier League players of all time - ranked: 10-1

From Ballon d'Or winners, Golden Shoe winners to players hailed as «Messiahs», it's fair to say that some pretty damn talented footballers have plied their trade in the Premier League throughout the years.

And below, are the ten most talented of the lot.

After ranking the 50th to 11th best players in the league's history, we're finally at the business end of our 'best Premier League players of all time': the top ten.

Thanks to some help from team over on the YouTube channel, here's the our top ten players in Premier League history.

«When Eric came, he was the messiah. He transformed us,» is what Sir Alex Ferguson said when asked to describe Eric Cantona's impact at Manchester United.

That one quote from the greatest manager of all time tells you all you need to know about just how good Cantona was.

His confidence — which any man willing to pop a collar on a football jersey needs to have — and astonishing knack to rise to the occasion time and time again paved the way for Manchester United's two decades of dominance in the Premier League.

A true icon of the English game.

August 27, 1997. Approximately 21:45. Filbert Street, Leicester.

David Platt lofts a ball over the top of Leicester City's defence and on to the outstretched right foot of Dennis Bergkamp. After deftly tapping the ball up to himself with his first right-footed touch, the Dutch star uses his second to delicately flick past Matt Elliott with his left, before curling into the top corner of the net.

If you've seen this goal, you'll know exactly why Bergkamp is one of the top ten greatest players in Premier League history.

While Bergkamp was a player you had to watch to understand his brilliance, Frank Lampard's greatness can be understood via cold hard