John Motson's top-10 Premier League signings

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They're in no particular order (Although he did say he'd probably have Cantona at no1)

Cantona
Bergkamp
Henry
Lampard
Ronaldo
Shearer (to blackburn from the saints)
Ruud
Alonso
Drogba
Cech


So, Does anybody disagree with Motty?
I think it's a good list, they've all had an impact at their clubs, but there are probably one or two you could change about.
 

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Wouldn't have Alonso in there.

Vidic was an incredible signing.
 

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Alonso. Seems like the least prolific signing out of the lot.
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He was in their FA Cup and Champions League sides though wasn't he. Although I guess he wasn't as influential as Gerrard.

I think you're right though, he'd be the first name off the list for me too.
 

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Cech instead of someone like our great Dane?

other than that, it is a pretty good list I suppose.
 

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How can Rooney not be in there, he's well on course to becoming United's top goalscorer ever.
 

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Bill.s.preston said:
He did keep them up, but was he there long enough to make the list?
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True. However, there probably a few players from 'lower' teams who kept their team in the league. I think those players are better signings.
 

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How can Rooney not be in there, he's well on course to becoming United's top goalscorer ever.
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Agreed. If Drogba is there then so should Rooney, I'd have niether though because they were both big fees where you were buying a known star.

Vidic was for about £7million I think, incredible. Was best defender in the world for three seasons and worth about £40million!
 

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Seems like a list designed to include a number of premiership clubs whereas in reality it should probably be mostly United and Arsenal players.
 

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True. However, there probably a few players from 'lower' teams who kept their team in the league. I think those players are better signings.
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Fair point, I think we can probably blame the signing of James Beattie for still being stuck with Stoke in the Prem!
 

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Seems like a list designed to include a number of premiership clubs whereas in reality it should probably be mostly United and Arsenal players.
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In fairness, they've all won the premiership except for Alonso, and he won the CL. I don't think there's been too much spreading out.
 

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nooshka said:
How can Rooney not be in there, he's well on course to becoming United's top goalscorer ever.
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Wasn't particularly shrewd to sign him for 20m+ at age 18 when every other club wanted his signature as well. Don't think he's been any better than the ones on the list either apart from maybe Alonso and maybe Cech.
 

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Traub said:
Seems like he is in there just becaus he played for Liverpool.

What about Tevez for West Ham?
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Tevez played less than 30 league games for West Ham. What that list has in common is that all the players were at their clubs for quite some time and contributed a lot each season.
 

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Vidic would be another good shout for us, as would VDS when you consider the amount he was signed for. Vieira could possibly be another inclusion for Arsenal.
 

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If Shearer is there for going from Southhampton to Blackburn (a believe a record fee at the time)... then surely Keane going from Notts Forrest to United had a much greater impact in terms of trophies won by that team.
 

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Snow said:
That's the CL though and has no impact on the PL.
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I would argue that he did impact PL quite a bit whilst playing for us though :) Still, we bought him during the age of the Premier League thus being one of the great buys of the PL-era (in my opinion obviously)
 

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Bill.s.preston said:
In fairness, they've all won the premiership except for Alonso, and he won the CL. I don't think there's been too much spreading out.
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I just feel the likes of Vieira, Keane etc deserve it over Cech (not as good post injury), drogba (brilliant but not quite at the same level) and Alonso (who at one point Liverpool were desperate to sell).
 

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204Red said:
If Shearer is there for going from Southhampton to Blackburn (a believe a record fee at the time)... then surely Keane going from Notts Forrest to United had a much greater impact in terms of trophies won by that team.
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True and like with Rooney, everyone wanted Shearer when he signed for Blackburn.

Surprised Keane and Vieira were missed out in favour of Alonso to be honest. I can understand Cech being there almost as you could do with a keeper in the list I suppose and I can't really think of one that stands out far ahead of Cech.
 
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