The best league in the world attracts some of the best players from all over the world. Find out more about them in this section.
Learning English?
Watch interviews with big names like Didier Drogba and Dirk Kuyt. How do footballers learn English? What do they do each day? What do they miss from their home countries?
Read articles about some of the stars lighting up the Premier League this season. Where do they come from? What do you know about their home countries? Complete the exercises to help improve your English.
Teaching English?
Find lesson ideas to get the most out of our videos and articles. Features on the players’ home countries can bring the whole world into your classroom.
Footballers are often told ‘never go back’, but Shaun Wright-Phillips is trying to show that isn’t the case for him.
Joining the club at 15, the England international won the club's Player of the Year four times in a row between 2000 and 2003. Under Kevin Keegan he was excelling out wide, and the manager picked him out as one of the best players in an inconsistent 2002/03 season for City.
David James is the only goalkeeper to have played in every Premier League season.
One of the true characters of the Barclays Premier League, David James is still producing spectacular displays between the posts.
His career started at Watford. He signed as a trainee in 1989 and helped the club win the FA Cup Youth Cup. His form over 98 appearances for Watford prompted Liverpool to sign him in July 1992 for £1million. He soon became the regular number one at Anfield.
