#5 Marcel Desailly
Desailly, who was known as ‘The Rock’, enjoyed a distinguished professional career that spanned two decades and saw him begin with Nantes before moving on to giants such as Marseille, Milan and Chelsea.
Born in Ghana, he moved to France as a four-year-old and it would be for his adopted country that he claimed fame on the international scene, turning out 116 times, winning the World Cup and European Championship.
On the club scene, he twice won the Champions League, once with Marseille and once with Milan, with whom he also won two Serie A titles.
Due to his hard tackling and incredibly consistent nature, he was named in the Premier League’s Team of the Decade following its inception, and he was twice a member of the European Championship team of the Tournament, in 1996 and 2000.