10 Premier League strikers that proved age doesn't matter

(#5 Peter Crouch (Stoke City))

West Ham United v Stoke City - Premier League

Given that he is still plying his trade in the top flight for Burnley it is easy to forget that Peter Crouch was already in his thirties by the time he joined Stoke City for a club record fee of £10 million in 2011. Scoring 14 goals in his first season, he was named the club’s player of the year but what is even more telling is the fact he is now their all-time leading goal scorer in the Premier League with 45 goals as well as having made their fourth most Premier League appearances with 202. His seven and a half year spell at the club ended on a low note with the player reduced to cameo appearances off the bench in the second tier following relegation in the 2017/18 season. But even then, Stoke managed to make some return on their investment with Burnley offering a player swap with Wales international Sam Vokes.