Cantona, Shearer, Keane: Who was the PL's greatest player of the 1990s?

The 1990s was a golden era for English football.

In 1992, the lucrative Premier League was created and the country’s top-tier quickly became the envy of the sporting world.

Some of the best players on the planet flocked to English shores, while a number of homegrown talents thrived in front of the television cameras.

But who was the greatest Premier League footballer of the 1990s?

The folks over at FourFourTwo gave their answers to that question and unsurprisingly, there were a plethora of Manchester United legends included.

So, let’s get all nostalgic and take a trip down memory lane…

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16. Gary Speed (Leeds, Everton & Newcastle)

The versatile Welshman played more games than anyone else in the first 10 years of the Premier League. Speed scored an impressive 80 goals in the ’90s and was also named in the 1992/93 PFA Team of the Year.

15. Gary Pallister (Man Utd & Middlesbrough)

Pallister was key to United’s success in the ’90s. The centre-back won four Premier League titles and was named in the PFA Team of the Year on the same number of occasions. A player who is seriously underrated in the present day.

14. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)

Vieira’s best years at Arsenal came in the 2000s, but he was still a force to be reckoned with the previous decade. The Frenchman was part of the Gunners’ double-winning side in 1997/98 and earned a spot in the PFA Team of the Year the following season.

13. David Beckham (Man Utd)

Beckham really was a fabulous footballer. His performances during United’s famous 1998/99 treble-winning season saw him finish second for the 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year award. Beckham scooped the PFA Young Player of the Year award in 1996/97 and his strike from the halfway