After going through our top five Frenchman to play in the Premier League last week, we are now going to look at the best players from Germany who have lit up English football over the last thirty years.

United never really had any players from the country who you could argue deserve a place on this list, but there are certainly plenty of other names to consider.

We have left a few players off, such as Jens Lehmann and Robert Huth, who could have been selected but we feel the stars we have picked warrant their inclusion.

Press the next page as we go through our top five German players of the Premier League era.