#when rice is in there for real as an arsenal legend... I'll be there.

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Arsenal's All English Premier League XI - Art de Roche

Going from back to front, David Seaman is one of the many certainties in this team.

Lee Dixon and Tony Adams have to feature in the back line. Steve Bould and Nigel Winterburn or Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole could be debatable to fill the rest of the defence, however. The first two have years of consistency in that back four on their side, but the heights reached by Campbell and Cole were greater.

Midfield is probably the most contentious area of the pitch. Before he is mentioned, David Rocastle would have been included but he left Arsenal before the Premier League era began. The trio of Ray Parlour, Jack Wilshere and Paul Merson is not very defensive but, based on pure talent and Arsenal’s tendency to be possession-based, would be a joy to watch.

There is only one striker who could be picked and that is Arsenal’s second-highest goalscorer, Ian Wright. Two more modern selections come on the wings, with Theo Walcott’s blistering pace and out-to-in runs featuring off the right. Bukayo Saka takes the spot on the left wing, where he spent most of his academy days, and can be a more direct threat. He and Wilshere are also the only English winners of Arsenal’s player-of-the-season award since 2000.

Honourable mentions: Martin Keown, Steve Bould, Nigel Winterburn, Declan Rice, Paul Davis, Alan Smith