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Walker alongside Ronaldo and Salah but Chelsea legends miss out on all-time Prem XI

talksport.com, 3 October 2021, 08:00
The argument for best Premier League team of all time may have been settled as Darren Bent gives talkSPORT his strongest XI.

The team contains the highest Premier League goal scorer of all time, a record holder for the most clean sheets and arguably the best player of all time.

Since it's inception in 1992, England's top division has been blessed with some of the most talented players in the world.

The likes of Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Sol Campbell, Sergio Aguero, Dennis Bergkamp have all given fans long lasting memories.

With that being said, none of those names were named in Darren Bent's best ever team who opted for a mix of old legends and modern day sensations.

One of newer stars who made Bent's cut is Mohamed Salah, who recently became Liverpool's quickest player to score 100 premier league goals.

When asked whether Salah in the best player in the league right now, Bent said: "For me, yeah 100 per cent.

"I think he's been superb again this season, I think he's got five Premier League already in his first six games.

"He'd get in my all time Premier League eleven on the right hand side, I rate him that highly.

"Salah this season has been unplayable."

Alongside Salah are a whole host of star-studded names who achieved so much for their clubs.

"My goalkeeper is Petr Cech, when he was at Chelsea he was brilliant," Bent added.

"People can say Peter Schmeichel, I understand, Edwin van der Sar as well, but I think Petr Cech, I think he's got the most clean sheets as well as a goalkeeper, he was brilliant for Chelsea.

"Left-back was probably the easiest position as well as the centre forwards, Ashley Cole, of course, the best left-back we ever produced.

"Right-back was difficult, I've gone Kyle Walker, it is so difficult, you've got Gary Neville, Lauren, [Pablo] Zabaleta, [Branislav] Ivanovic.

"Two centre-backs, Rio Ferdinand, for me the hardest I played against and Vincent Kompany, he was so difficult to play against, Kompany was strong quick.

"Kompany was hard to play against, he was so strong, you just couldn't get past him.

"My two in the middle of the park, tough again, Patrick Vieira, that wasn't tough, he was always going to get in there Patrick Vieira.

"Steven Gerrard next to him, you're obviously going to get people that are going to say Paul Scholes, [Frank] Lampard because of the goals. Steven Gerrard for a long time was unbelievable.

"My two wide men are [Cristiano] Ronaldo and Salah.

"The two centre forwards are Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer."

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