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These players should be clapped off the pitch over the next couple of weekends as Premier League clubs say goodbye to some long-serving heroes…

Goalkeeper: Ben Foster (Watford)

“I will always hold my head high knowing I’ve given absolutely everything I’ve got, both on and off the field to help myself and everyone around me to be a success, I don’t know what the future holds for me, but I’ve got to say, Watford will always have a special place in my heart.”

Four years, two relegations, seven permanent managers. Ben Foster probably deserves a rest.

Right-back: Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace)

“When you see the way he’s training every day [and] you see the way he is coming early and to look after himself; he’s working well, he’s working hard and he’s just waiting for his chance. This is what I want.”

Yet Patrick Vieira has not handed a single minute of Premier League football to Kelly as the 32-year-old enters the final weeks of his eight-year spell at Palace. The Frenchman is not made of stone so expect the one-cap England international to be given three minutes at the end of the final day’s 7-0 humiliation of Manchester United.

Centre-back: Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)

Simply brilliant under Thomas Tuchel, making a mockery of Frank Lampard’s attempts to freeze him out at the start of last