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Midfielders
Frank Lampard(Central Midfield)
The fact that there is no other player in English football who scored as many goals from central midfield as Super Frankie Lampard did is enough to earn him a place on this list. A player of the West Ham academy, Frank Lampard joined Chelsea in 2001 and went on to become one of the greatest midfielders of his generation.
The Englishman, who is attributed as having incredible stamina and ability to read the game, scored at least ten goals in the league every season since 2003. His attacking runs late into the penalty box and therefore, avoiding markers, became his USP and enabled him to maintain an incredible goal scoring record in his career.
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His ability to score big goals in big matches, even if not the most beautiful ones you’ll see, made him an undroppable asset in the Chelsea team for years.
Lampard won the Premier League three times for Chelsea and featured in the PFA Team of the Year on five occasions. He is one of the rare breeds of players who have become synonymous with the club they played for and are an out and out winner on the football field.
Paul Scholes (Central Midfield)
Paul Scholes is arguably the best midfielder of the Premier League era. He has won it all for the Red Devils which includes an incredible 11 Premier League titles and 2 Champions League titles.
Renowned for his technical prowess, accurate passing and intelligent movement, Paul Scholes gave his heart on the pitch for Manchester United. He played for twenty seasons at Old Trafford and amassed more than 700 appearances for the club. Such was his importance to Manchester United that Sir Alex Ferguson brought him back from retirement to be the clockwork in midfield for the Red Devils.
Tenacious and capable of playing in any midfield position, he was regarded as the best midfielder of his generation by his peers which included the likes of Xavi (another midfield great), Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola. A legend in his own right, Paul Scholes is selected as the heart of midfield in this team.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Left Wing)
In spite of playing for only six years in England, it was here that he established himself as one of the best players in the world and, therefore, makes it in the team of the decade. Signed by Manchester United as an 18-year-old boy from Sporting Lisbon, Ronaldo was incredibly skilful but erratic.
In the mentorship of Sir Alex Ferguson, the Young boy developed into one of the best players in the league who won everything in his time at Manchester United.
Ronaldo was one of the key figures responsible for bringing Manchester United back on track in terms of silverware after Chelsea had run away with the league for two consecutive seasons. He terrorised defences with his dribbling and speed and awed audiences with his free kicks.
In his time at Manchester United, Ronaldo won the Premier League three years in a row and also lifted the Champions League trophy in 2008. He was voted the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2008 and went on to sign for Real Madrid in 2009, where he has become the ultimate goal scoring machine.
Steven Gerrard (Right Wing)
The only player who makes this list in spite of not winning any Premier League trophy is Steven Gerrard, who is considered to be one of the two greatest Liverpool players of all time alongside Kenny Dalglish. At his prime, Gerrard was unstoppable and a true box-to-box midfielder- creating goals, scoring goals and stopping goals.
Gerrard finds a place in the wings on this team because he played in that position for a number of games for Liverpool and, that too, successfully.
Gerrard was often regarded as a one-man team, singl handedly driving the Reds from midfield- most notably the incredible comeback from being 3-0 down at half time in the Champions League Final against Milan in 2005. It was one of the greatest nights in Champions League football and Steven Gerrard was the heart of it.
A player with incredible technical skill, vision and passing range, Gerrard has picked the Liverpool team up from the dumps into giving them wins in important matches. He was inducted to the PFA Premier League Team of the Year eight times despite never getting his hands on the EPL Trophy.
However, he has etched his name in the Premier League folklore as a true legend of The Kop.
