Premier League Thierry Henry is by the fans voted as the best foreigner of all time in the Premier League. In an election organised by the British public broadcaster BBC was the former assistant coach of the Red Devils 45 percent of the votes behind his name. He took it from Cristiano Ronaldo (14 percent) and Eric Cantona (12%).

Red Devil Vincent Kompany had the two percent of the vote, but he was the defender with the most votes behind his name. The inhabitant of Brussels out of Nemanja Vidic and Jaap Stam.

For the election had the BBC, a panel of experts with topschutter of all time, Alan Shearer, Chris Sutton, Ruud Gullit and New York Times journalist Rory Smith is a dertienkoppige shortlist drawn up, containing three goalkeepers, three defenders, three midfielders and four attackers.