England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland’s best exiled footballers.
Cardiff-born former Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton star Gareth Bale was once again on top form on Tuesday night, getting on the scoresheet as Real Madrid thrashed FC Basel 5-1 in the Champions League.
Bale is, without doubt, the best British footballer currently plying his trade overseas.
Here are the rest of the top 10.
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10. Charlie I’Anson – Elche (Spain)
The 21-year-old defender, referred to simply as ‘Charlie’ in Spain, was playing non-League football for Grimsby a couple of years ago.
Now, he is on the books of La Liga outfit Elche, where he is seen as a star of the future. However, Charlie is currently on loan at second division side Alcorcon.
9. Bradley Wright-Phillips – New York Red Bulls (USA)
After spells with Manchester City, Southampton, Plymouth Argyle, Charlton Athletic and Brentford, BWP jetted of to the States to join the MLS revolution in 2013.
The 29-year-old has been quite a hit in the Big Apple so far, netting 22 goals in 33 games.
8. Dom Dwyer – Sporting Kansas City (USA)
Born in Sussex, Dwyer spent his youth career at Norwich City and then King’s Lynn, where he suffered multiple foot injuries.
He was given the chance to the revive his career at Tyler Junior College in Texas, where he won two National Championships and was named the National Junior College Player of the Year, after bagging 37 goals as a sophomore.
After two years in Texas, he moved to the University of South Florida, before becoming a professional with Sporting Kansas City in 2012.
He is currently the second leading scorer in this season’s MLS with 19 goals.
7. Nigel Reo-Coker (Chivas USA)
Reo-Coker seemed destined for big things when he was the captain of England’s Under-21 side.
He also skippered West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers, before moving to North America in 2013.
6. Ryan Gauld – Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
The 18-year-old joined Sporting from Dundee United for £3m this summer.
Sporting president Bruno de Carvalho has said that he expects Gauld “to be a regular in the first team in the next two to three years.”
5. Jack Harper – Real Madrid (Spain)
The 18-year-old Scot has been on Real’s books since he was 13.
Harper was the star of the show as Real beat Basle 2-0 in a UEFA Youth League game on Tuesday, scoring once, as well as hitting the woodwork with an overhead kick.
4. Micah Richards – Fiorentina (Italy)
Richards was hailed as the man to takeover from Gary Neville as England’s main right-back when he made his senior international debut in 2006, but he has only gone on to win 13 caps to date.
He has also lost his place in Manchester City’s team, due to a combination of his injury problems and the club’s powerful transfer policy.
Richards joined Fiorentina on loan at the start of the month. He is likely to make his move to Serie A permanent at the end of the season.
3. Jermain Defoe
The former West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur forward is of the deadliest finishers the Premier League has ever seen.
Defoe still has an incredible knack of finding a yard of space out of nowhere and rifling in a shot with very little back-lift.
2. Ashley Cole
He was the best left-back back in the world not too long ago, but Cole’s omission from England’s World Cup squad and his release from Chelsea confirm that his best days are behind him.
Nevertheless, the 33-year-old former Arsenal star still has plenty to offer AS Roma, whom he joined this summer.
1. Gareth Bale
Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can rightly say they are better than this man right now.