Quiz! Can you name the 40 highest French goalscorers in Premier League history?

Eric Cantona
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40 players to get, eight minutes on the clock.

Don't forget to screenshot how you get on and tweet us at @FourFourTwo.

This quiz is part of our Cantona week, celebrating the 30th anniversary of King Eric arriving in English football.

Over the last 25 years, no European national side has been as successful as France.

Since the 1998 World Cup, Les Bleus have been in the final of six major international tournaments – winning four of them. That’s more than Spain (three wins from three finals), Italy (two wins from three finals) and Germany (one win from three finals).

That’s been reflected in the Premier League. Ever since Arsene Wenger rocked up at Arsenal and plucked one or two fairly handy French players out of his magic bag, there’s been a steady flow across the channel. 

Still, Arsene wasn't the first famous Frenchman to become a big deal in Blighty. We think you know who we're talking about…

Eric Cantona week on FourFourTwo

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• Eric Cantona 7 best acting moments

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Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.

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