The Premier League currently has no dearth of quality defensive midfielders. In truth, it never has – in the past, we’ve seen brilliant midfield guardians such as Patrick Vieira, Claude Makelele and Roy Keane.

Nevertheless, at this current moment, the Premier League has never been stronger – and neither has its roster of quality holding midfielders.

We’ll only be including one player per club for this list, as to avoid over-saturation. Additionally, we believe one of the footballers on this list is currently the best defensive midfielder in the world – can you guess who it is?