Following our look at the best signings from the Netherlands in our last article, this week we are turning our attention to those players who moved across the English Channel from France.

There have been just as many notable failures as success stories over the years, in terms of signings from French teams, but that is because dealings between clubs in both countries are so frequent.

There are certainly a lot of players to choose from, but we have managed to trim down our list to five names who all had outstanding careers in the English top flight.

Press the next page as we count down the five best Premier League players who were signed from Ligue One.