The 10 greatest seasons by players newly promoted to the Premier League

Kevin Phillips Sunderland

Many will be expecting Aleksandar Mitrovic to make a big impression on the Premier League after dominating games in the Championship. He didn't have a great time in the top flight of English football last time around – but that doesn’t have to be any barrier to success.

None of these 10 players were new signings; all earned their chance to impress having won promotion the previous year and went on to have a major impact on their clubs’ fortunes in the Premier League. 

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Sean Cole
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Sean Cole is a freelance journalist. He has written for FourFourTwo, BBC Sport and When Saturday Comes among others. A Birmingham City supporter and staunch Nikola Zigic advocate, he once scored a hat-trick at St. Andrew’s (in a half-time game). He also has far too many football shirts and spends far too much time reading the Wikipedia pages of obscure players.