Rooney, Barry, Crouch? Who are the ultimate Premier League ´Barclaysmen´?

The international window is over, as Premier League football returns this weekend, but the two-week break had supporters reminiscing.

From 2004 to 2016, Barclays was the Premier League s sponsor.

And in a trend that has taken over social media, Barclaysmen have been picked out as players synonymous with that 12-year period.

Here, we take a deep dive into Opta data to find out which players were the actual hallmarks of the Barclays Premier League.

Across the 12 years that Barclays sponsored the Premier League, these were the players to attempt the most shots without scoring:

Aleksey Smertin 61
Dietmar Hamann 60
Karl Henry 56
Doriva 56
Graham Kavanagh 51
Dejan Stefanovic 50
Kyle Naughton 47
Christophe Berra -…

— Opta Analyst (…