Following our list of the best defensive midfielders last week, where we mentioned the likes of Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira, we now move on to our top five central midfield players.

There were a host of names we could have considered for this list, and there were certainly some standouts which we couldn’t leave out.

Some honourable mentions to the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Xabi Alonso and Luka Modric who could have made it into our final selection, but there was only so many places up for grabs.

Press the next page as we go through our top five midfielders of the Premier League era.