Arsenal Football Club. A cornerstone of English football, the side from north London have always tended to be a force to be reckoned with – and, as a result, have boasted some of the brightest footballers in football history. Thierry Henry, perhaps, springs to mind.
The club’s long and storied history, packed to the brim with silverware and success, is almost always split into two separate categories: pre-Emirates and post-Emirates. In 2006, the Gunners waved goodbye to the iconic Highbury and entered a new chapter in their state-of-the-art stadia.
In the club’s Highbury era, the likes of the aforementioned Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira and Tony Adams were the collective face of the club. But who are the greatest players to have graced the Emirates in the red of Arsenal?
From the current roster to those who are playing elsewhere to those who have called time on their career, the myriad of talent – from world-beating forward to cultured defenders – that Arsenal have homed over the years, in the Emirates era particularly, have been ranked using the factors below.
