5) Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton Wanderers and West Ham)

Jaaskelainen

The Finnish international was Bolton’s first choice keeper for ten years, with the majority of those seasons being in the Premier League. He made key saves as the Trotters maintained their top-flight status throughout the first decade of the new millennium.

It is surprising, therefore, that bigger clubs didn’t come calling earlier, and West Ham eventually took up the chance to sign him in 2012, with Jaaskelainen linking up with former boss Sam Allardyce.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.