Ranking the best Premier League players aged over 35

2. Petr Cech

Arsenal v Chelsea - The Emirates FA Cup Final

It's no surprise that there are more goalkeepers older than 35 than all the other positions put together. But Cech is arguably the only one who's truly world class.

He is definitely the best Czech footballer of his generation. He holds the most number of caps for his country, with 124. He captained the national side from 2007 until his eventual international retirement in 2016.

But he still remains the undisputed Arsenal number 1. He was Arsenal's only signing in the summer of 2015 following the departure of Wojciech Szcz?sny to Roma on loan. Earlier, the Gunners had been struggling to settle on one first-choice goalkeeper thanks to the inconsistencies of both Szcz?sny and David Ospina.

Cech solved Wenger's biggest problem when he joined from fierce rivals Chelsea for a fee of 10 million pounds.

The fact that Arsenal were willing to pay that much for a 33-year-old goalkeeper speaks for itself. He had moved down the pecking order at Chelsea thanks to the emergence of Belgian shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois. His first match for Arsenal was a 1-0 win over his former team at the FA Community Shield.

He holds some unique records at both the London clubs. With 486 appearances, he is Chelsea's highest overseas appearance maker. He took the fewest number of appearances in PL history to reach 100 clean sheets (180 matches), and also has the joint highest number of shutouts (21) in a single season.

He's won four league titles and one UCL title at Chelsea and was also voted Man of the Match in the 2012 final in Munich. He has a record 9 Czech Footballer of the Year titles and is also the only player to have won the Golden Glove with two separate teams.

In all of their ups and downs over the past couple of seasons, Cech has never given the Gunners any reason to doubt his presence in the starting lineup, and will definitely be their number one for at least another four years.