Quiz! Can you name the 26 French players who've appeared in the 2017/18 Premier League?

Paul Pogba

Famously, only 13 foreign players appeared on the opening day of the very first Premier League season of 1992/93 – including a floppy-haired Frenchman by the name of Eric Cantona.

Since then, hordes of King Eric's compatriots have followed from L'Hexagone, and this season Frenchmen are only outnumbered by Spaniards in England's top flight. Allez!

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Joe Brewin

Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities. 

By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.