The Premier League is always the recipient of some of the game’s best players, indeed this summer has seen new footballing stars Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud and Fabio Borini deciding to come and ply their trade in England. Our top flight is certainly is certainly up there with Spain in terms of the best league in the world and therefore it’s always a surprise to see any player decide to move away from England to strut their stuff elsewhere.

However, we can’t keep them all and there are always some players who the Premier League are glad to see the back of (cough, Alberto Aquilani, cough). Some individuals moving on have been stalwarts to the English game though and have added plenty of talent to a highly competitive division. We’ve picked out ten players who’ve left their English clubs this summer to move abroad, having lit up the Premier League during their time in this country:

Click on Didier Drogba to unveil the list

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