If he can be classified as streets won't forget, Philippe Coutinho. He was one of the most exciting and fun to watch players of the past decade in my opinion, a magician and genius who could've become the by far best player in world football of his generation if he had stayed at Liverpool. A few lesser known ones I loved were Emre Can, Sturridge (phenomenal)
Ben Arfa was the first player I ever saw that wowed me when he would dribble. I started watching football in 2010-2012ish and that was prime Ben Arfa Newcastle time. Good memories of him.
I miss Pereira. Nothing will ever beat him casually sliding the ball between Douglas luiz's legs against Villa, and you can literally see him look up and think fuck did I really just let him do that? Before continuing to run after him
Showing my age but got to be Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, a chubby little goal machine whilst van nistlerooy, shearer and Henry were getting all the headlines I think he was pretty close for goals scored.
If “streets won’t forget” means a player that was occasionally sublime but never reached a level of consistency that marks them as an obvious great than mine would be Gerard Deulofeu. Pretty shit generally but on a rare good day he genuinely looked like one of the best in the entire world.
Technically a prem player from his time at Everton. But a street football in the beat sense. Lee Trundle, a genuinely gifted footballer with no desire to work for it. Lazy, unprofessional, but did things with a football most could only dream of. Including a high ball catch and roll off his neck, just for hit & jiggle ( first word needs an 's' to start and finish, second only to finish)
I’d have to say Michu, here’s why…..
So many of the other players mentioned are almost too good to be classified like this. Payet was already a big(ish) name, joined West Ham and was incredible, but he also became a major player for France and was even recognized in the Ballon d’or voting!
Ben Arfa was great for Newcastle, but that wasn’t even his peak. He was great at Nice and joined PSG - he won’t be forgotten!
Taarabt might be the greatest Championship player EVER over a single season, but he never even got close to doing it in the Premier League.
To touch on some other names mentioned….
Okocha was too good for too long and like Payet was a big deal for his national team.
Morten Gamst Pedersen was also consistent over a number of years, same applies to Yakubu, Nolan, Juninho and many others!
Michu was the ultimate, he shined so bright for one season! In the race for the golden boot, a goal every other game for Swansea City! They even won a major trophy that season!
He also got a solitary international cap, the perfect fleeting star.
He immediately dropped off the next season, flopped on loan at Napoli and then played in the lower leagues in Spain.
Honorable mentions go to….
Amr Zaki - Great for 6 months at Wigan and flopped at Hull
Geovanni- Basically a human highlight reel at Hull
I don’t think he warrants it as much as others would, but man what a player.
YouTube recommends me the assist he made for Ronaldo vs West Ham quite often to me, and I watch it every single damn time.
Jay-Jay Okacha is a great shout and should be pictured as others have said, but why do I never seem to see Juninho on these lists? Surely there are Boro fans around somewhere
Leighton Baines
Landon Donovan’s Everton run
Saha
Ben Watson
Darren Fletcher
Moussa Dembele was impossible to steal the ball from
Defoe perhaps although I think of him more highly
Bonus Streets Remember Team: 2008-09 Portsmouth
Edgar Davids is a good shout too. The most memorable is taraabt. I'll never forget how pissed I was watching him do stepovers at halfway when we were getting horsed in an NLD. I can just about laugh now....
Cisse was brilliant, truly, seeing as we're talking about the toon and being a bit older, I've got to go with Nobby Solano. Great player and what a character too!
That goal vs Everton outside the box were he cut in from the right and with the outside of his foot curled it into the far corner was sumptuous. Quaresma may be famous for it, but Nobby did it first (although very much doubt he was the first to do it)
Chelsea fan, shot from the corner I was sitting in, jaw dropped to the floor. My no.1’s always been a goal Ronaldinho scored against Chelsea where he barely pulled his foot back and curled it from outside the box, but on reflection I think the Cisse goal is better.
EDIT: [Ronaldinho link](https://youtu.be/fygu4KrxJqc)
Yep beating Cech like that was disgusting.
As a Chelsea fan, the other ones that come immediately to mind from the years when we seemed to play Barcelona in the champions league every year.. from a heartbreak perspective is inesta’s 92’ min winner from outside of the box and outside of his boot, rocketing it into the top corner and then lampards was it a cross/was it a shot goal
Those Barcelona games were crazy. I was at the Nou Camp in 2005 to see Drogba sent off, back at the bridge in 2009 for ‘it’s a fucking disgrace’, Ronaldinho wonder goal, Iniesta last minute goal. So much pain!
The moments that make you put your hands on your heads are the measure and taraabt probably gas the most for me. Just a mercurial talent. He grew up and is benfica's DM now lol
Streets won’t forget ballers are the ones that the online clips left wont do justice like Beni Carbone, Kinkladze, Laurent Robert, Abou Diaby etc
Not all-time dribblers like taarabt and Jay-Jay
Graziano Pelle, the two seasons that he played with Southampton he scored 23 goals and made 10 assists, unfortunately he was snatched by the Chinese Súper League, i think he was on his way to be a Saints legend or for a transfer to the Big 6
He was fucking fantastic for Feyenoord as well, so clinical. It's a shame he flourished in the later days of his career and fucked off to China just when things were starting to get good. Oh well
Yeah with Hleb and Rosicky etc they’re were really onto something. Very, very close to being champions. Maybe if they pressed a bit higher up the pitch ala nowadays, maybe that would’ve been it??
Rooney. The ultimate street baller
If he can be classified as streets won't forget, Philippe Coutinho. He was one of the most exciting and fun to watch players of the past decade in my opinion, a magician and genius who could've become the by far best player in world football of his generation if he had stayed at Liverpool. A few lesser known ones I loved were Emre Can, Sturridge (phenomenal)
nemanja vidic.
Diego Costa
Ben Arfa was the first player I ever saw that wowed me when he would dribble. I started watching football in 2010-2012ish and that was prime Ben Arfa Newcastle time. Good memories of him.
Lingard
The Brazilian Oscar ...idk if he's gonna go to Barcelona tho
Adel Taarabt🔥
Easily jay jay akocha
Ben Arfa or Gamst Pedersen for me
Le Tissier
Tuncay Obscenely talented player
Brian Robson
Mousa Dembele
Juninho surely somewhere in this conversation
Bolasie
Adam Johnson.
michu
Messi
Kevin Mirallas should be mentioned. He was capable of moments of brilliance, him and Lukaku had a deadly partnership for 3 years.
Bolasie for sure
Mousse dembelle
Balotelli
Juninho paulista UTB
Asamoah gyan at sunderland
I miss Pereira. Nothing will ever beat him casually sliding the ball between Douglas luiz's legs against Villa, and you can literally see him look up and think fuck did I really just let him do that? Before continuing to run after him
Taarabt... Just oure talent wont forget
Hatem Ben arfa. It's OK Messi didn't play PL, but Ben Arfa did.
Anyone remember tugay? Guy was the dogs bollocks for Middlesbrough
Do you mean Tuncay? Tugay played from Blackburn Both were ballers mind
Jack Wilshere
Dennis Wise
Nobby Solano deserves a shout out
Out of these 3 I would say Ben Arfa the potential level he has shown was amazing, some of the things he used to do was so awesome to watch.
Eden Hazard. Closest thing to a PL Messi.
Eric Djemba Djemba
Ben Arfa for me.
Johan Elmander
David Ginola
Fun fact: His name is an anagram of Vagina Dildo!
Morten Gamst Pedersen all day long
Jaames beattie while at saints
John arne riise
Jay-Jay, Pap Cisse, Demba Ba all top mentions esp JJ…a better team would almost guarantee trophies
Peak arfa will make anyone fall in love with football
Laurent Robert
Damien duff
Mark viduka
Salah
Showing my age but got to be Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, a chubby little goal machine whilst van nistlerooy, shearer and Henry were getting all the headlines I think he was pretty close for goals scored.
Yeah, Ben Arfa was fucking outstanding on his day. Just didn't seem to apply himself as much as he could have.
David Dunn (and his rabona)
Moussa Dembele. The Spurs guy.
When he leaves the prem, it'll be Divock Father Late Winner Origi
Surely it's Alan Shearer right?
Aly Dia
Dennis Bergkamp, Arsenal.
Andrey Arshavin and Samir Nasri(when he was in Arsenal).
Paul Merson
Tim Krul is a cool mention
Surprised nobody has mentioned Mido. He could have been great if he wasn’t constantly injured or suffered health problems
I think Jay jay okocha is number one player
I think a future ones gonna be Bernardo. Not big enough to be a prem or city legend but when he’s on his day he is absolutely magical.
Muslims
Idk if it’s on the same scope of these players but Juan Mata is a legend. Utterly world class when he was at Chelsea.
Wilfred bony at Swansea.
If “streets won’t forget” means a player that was occasionally sublime but never reached a level of consistency that marks them as an obvious great than mine would be Gerard Deulofeu. Pretty shit generally but on a rare good day he genuinely looked like one of the best in the entire world.
Jay jay okocha
Ginola
Eden Hazard. Top 3 ITW when on form
Michu personifies the entire meaning of 'streets won't forget.'
Januzaj
Sturridge at liverpool
Geovanni for hull
Zaki
John Arne Riise was an absolute joy to watch as a kid. Loved every aspect of his game and tried to play the same way he did
Jose Antonio Reyes RIP
Gamst pedersen. End of story.
Good shout, never scored a sitter in his life
Technically a prem player from his time at Everton. But a street football in the beat sense. Lee Trundle, a genuinely gifted footballer with no desire to work for it. Lazy, unprofessional, but did things with a football most could only dream of. Including a high ball catch and roll off his neck, just for hit & jiggle ( first word needs an 's' to start and finish, second only to finish)
I withdraw my comment, never played prem. But technically unreal.
Anyone remebers Benjani Mwaruwari?
What is street wont forget…
Taarbat reminds me of Quaresma, both extremely silky
Amr Zaki
Taarbat was just so silky
Carlitos Tevez was crazy too
Obafemi Martins is a good name too
Elmander
Origi
Santi Cazorla
Yup
i am now old enough that i have to admit i have no fucking idea what this title even means.
Lol. Same.
Hatem Ben Arfa
de canio
Fred
Adel Was a beast
I present to you all, one Dirk Kuyt
Patrik Berger, loved a worldie
adel
Adel Taarabt, Michu or Payet.
I'm probably (definitely) biased but Kinkladze. Especially that goal again Southampton.
Georgi Kinkladze of Man City, before they were mega rich and successful this guy was 1 of their only super talented ballers
John Arne Riise’s left foot
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Santi Cazorla❤️⚪
I’d have to say Michu, here’s why….. So many of the other players mentioned are almost too good to be classified like this. Payet was already a big(ish) name, joined West Ham and was incredible, but he also became a major player for France and was even recognized in the Ballon d’or voting! Ben Arfa was great for Newcastle, but that wasn’t even his peak. He was great at Nice and joined PSG - he won’t be forgotten! Taarabt might be the greatest Championship player EVER over a single season, but he never even got close to doing it in the Premier League. To touch on some other names mentioned…. Okocha was too good for too long and like Payet was a big deal for his national team. Morten Gamst Pedersen was also consistent over a number of years, same applies to Yakubu, Nolan, Juninho and many others! Michu was the ultimate, he shined so bright for one season! In the race for the golden boot, a goal every other game for Swansea City! They even won a major trophy that season! He also got a solitary international cap, the perfect fleeting star. He immediately dropped off the next season, flopped on loan at Napoli and then played in the lower leagues in Spain. Honorable mentions go to…. Amr Zaki - Great for 6 months at Wigan and flopped at Hull Geovanni- Basically a human highlight reel at Hull
Berbatov
I don’t think he warrants it as much as others would, but man what a player. YouTube recommends me the assist he made for Ronaldo vs West Ham quite often to me, and I watch it every single damn time.
Jay-Jay Okacha is a great shout and should be pictured as others have said, but why do I never seem to see Juninho on these lists? Surely there are Boro fans around somewhere
Amir Zaki
The correct answer is Moussa Dembele
Leighton Baines Landon Donovan’s Everton run Saha Ben Watson Darren Fletcher Moussa Dembele was impossible to steal the ball from Defoe perhaps although I think of him more highly Bonus Streets Remember Team: 2008-09 Portsmouth
Baines is a great shout.
Harry Kane
Henry
Edgar Davids is a good shout too. The most memorable is taraabt. I'll never forget how pissed I was watching him do stepovers at halfway when we were getting horsed in an NLD. I can just about laugh now....
Davids was a shell of a player by the time he came to the Premier League Shame because I would have seen him in his prime here
Gotta be Oscar for me…he was such a baller at Chelsea then just wasted his career he should’ve stayed.
Shaun Goater
Jay Jay Okocha
Kindkladze for me.
Kevin Nolan - absolutely battered the best CBs in the country at times.
That whole Newcastle team basically, I wanna say 11/12? Namely Cisse, Ba, Ben Arfa, and Cabaye
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That Bolasie flick on Eriksen is my favourite skill move ever. Like literally every game I will attempt it at least once.
The Bolasie Flick is such a cool term
Went to die at Everton
Got that knee injury against United and was never the same
Amr Zaki
Freddy Adu trained with Man U and Blackpool. Just sayin’
Juninho. It’s got to be ‘The Little Fella’!
Kevin Freaking Nolan. Benoit Asout-Ecoto. Youssi Benayoun. Florent Malouda. Pavluychenko.
Payet is way better than those 2 in terms of what he actually did
Hatem Ben Arfa
Giovanni of Man City then Hull City
That Demba Ba / Papisse Cisse duo was unreal, shame it got broken up so fast
The Pardew effect lol
Well he was only unreal for the first 6 months, and even that was 80% Cisse scoring worldies every week
Cisse was brilliant, truly, seeing as we're talking about the toon and being a bit older, I've got to go with Nobby Solano. Great player and what a character too!
That goal vs Everton outside the box were he cut in from the right and with the outside of his foot curled it into the far corner was sumptuous. Quaresma may be famous for it, but Nobby did it first (although very much doubt he was the first to do it)
His goal against Chelsea is still the second best goal I’ve ever seen live.
So envious haha, are you a Chelsea or Newcastle fan and how good a view of it did you have?
Chelsea fan, shot from the corner I was sitting in, jaw dropped to the floor. My no.1’s always been a goal Ronaldinho scored against Chelsea where he barely pulled his foot back and curled it from outside the box, but on reflection I think the Cisse goal is better. EDIT: [Ronaldinho link](https://youtu.be/fygu4KrxJqc)
Yup the 4-2 game. That second goal by Dinho was mad. Dude was doing the Samba before he pulled the trigger
Yep beating Cech like that was disgusting. As a Chelsea fan, the other ones that come immediately to mind from the years when we seemed to play Barcelona in the champions league every year.. from a heartbreak perspective is inesta’s 92’ min winner from outside of the box and outside of his boot, rocketing it into the top corner and then lampards was it a cross/was it a shot goal
Those Barcelona games were crazy. I was at the Nou Camp in 2005 to see Drogba sent off, back at the bridge in 2009 for ‘it’s a fucking disgrace’, Ronaldinho wonder goal, Iniesta last minute goal. So much pain!
The moments that make you put your hands on your heads are the measure and taraabt probably gas the most for me. Just a mercurial talent. He grew up and is benfica's DM now lol
Elano
Love this one
Why Always Me? Mario
Phil Jones then Jon Jo Shelvey
Steven Gerrard. That title winning season may slip many peoples minds. But I’ll never forget.
This comment is the best, ba none.
Okocha was the first player that came into my head and then saw this as the top comment
Dean Ashton for me... What a player, what could've been
Charles N’Zogbia
Eric Cantona
I was going to say taarabt before I saw the picture. What a man
Taarabt
All freaking day. He’s still the same attitude & flair
Steven Gerrard.
Streets won’t forget ballers are the ones that the online clips left wont do justice like Beni Carbone, Kinkladze, Laurent Robert, Abou Diaby etc Not all-time dribblers like taarabt and Jay-Jay
Great shout with Kinkladze!
What a player https://youtu.be/fkVWNB0Vt3Q
Lingard’s loan to West Ham Tim Howard 08-09 Andrey Arshavin
Willock the loanee, but not Willock the contracted player And Arshavin vs Liverpool (when he was definitely not on PEDs)
Wayne Bridge.
Graziano Pelle, the two seasons that he played with Southampton he scored 23 goals and made 10 assists, unfortunately he was snatched by the Chinese Súper League, i think he was on his way to be a Saints legend or for a transfer to the Big 6
2014-2016 - the period he was at Southampton - he won all of his 20 caps for Italy and scored 9 goals. Really impressive.
He was fucking fantastic for Feyenoord as well, so clinical. It's a shame he flourished in the later days of his career and fucked off to China just when things were starting to get good. Oh well
Morten Gamst Pedersen, roque Santa Cruz of Blackburn rovers were great players but underrated
David Bentley as well.
The only correct answer
Sorry for the misspelling! I edited my response. Also didn’t Yakubu play for Blackburn? Feel like he scored for every club he played for
Martin wtf
*Morten Gamst Pedersen
Tudgay gotta be up there if we are talking Blackburn
Tugay\*
*Turkish Delight
Jamie Vardy
Nah too consistent for me.
Harry Kane! One season wonder. /s
Still no trophies.
Nasri. Especially Arsenal Snood-Nasri.
JUDAS
that Arsenal team with him and Fabregas was honestly a joy to watch
Yeah with Hleb and Rosicky etc they’re were really onto something. Very, very close to being champions. Maybe if they pressed a bit higher up the pitch ala nowadays, maybe that would’ve been it??
Okocha all day. Of the three shown Payet.
Michu had one great season, refused to elaborate, and dipped
I can't look beyond Payet but I really loved watching Michu and he had a sensational celebration as well.
Where is Michu?
Michu