Tomáš Rosický is an attacking midfielder who plays for English side Arsenal and the Czech national team. Rosický is currently also the captain of the Czech team. He came up through the ranks at Sparta Praha before moving to Borussia Dortmund in Germany. With Dortmund he won the Bundesliga in 2002 (his first season there) and were runners-up in the UEFA Cup. That same year he was also chosen as Czech Player of the Year, an honour he also received in 2006 (after his last season at Dortmund).
Rosický signed with Arsenal in May 2006 where he straight away made an impact with his creative play. In 2008 he suffered a bad hamstring injury which kept him out of action for eighteen months. The injury also made him miss out on Euro2008 for the Czech national team. He is now leading them in their qualification for Euro2012.

Ex-Arsenal captain William Gallas has made a surprise move to North London arch rival Tottenham.
On 22 August 2010 he signed a one year contract at White Hart Lane. He is the first player to have appeared for Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham. Gallas plays as a central defender and has also played 84 times for France.

Bacary Sagna is a right back who plays for English side Arsenal and the French national team. Sagna came to Arsenal from French club Auxerre in the summer of 2007. He won the French Cup with Auxerre in 2005.

Manuel Almunia is a Spanish goalkeeper who plays for English side Arsenal. He has been at Arsenal since July 2004 and became their first-choice goalkeeper four years later, when Jens Lehmann left the club.

Jermain Defoe is a striker who plays for English side Tottenham and England. Defoe was discovered as a 14 year old by scouts from Charlton Athletics and joined their youth squad. At 16 Defoe decided to join West Ham, where he was given the chance to turn professional. He was in West Ham’s U-19 team winning the 1999-2000 Premier League Academy title, scoring twice in the final against Arsenal. He got his first team debut that same season, where he was the match winner in a 1-0 win against Walsall. Then West Ham manager, Harry Redknapp, sent Defoe on loan the following season to Second Division club Bournemouth, to gain more league experience. Defoe put on some exceptional performances and he was back at West Ham again for the 2001-02 season. He finished as West Ham’s top scorer, despite their new manager mainly playing him as a substitute.
In January 2004 Defoe signed for Tottenham. He kept scoring at his new club and was chosen as Player of the Year by the Spurs fans. In January 2008 Defoe left Tottenham for Portsmouth, where he joined up again with manager Harry Redknapp. Because he was cup-tied with Spurs he was not allowed to play in Portsmouth successful FA Cup campaign. By leaving Spurs he also missed out on winning the League Cup with them. After Redknapp took over as Tottenham manager in the middle of the 2008-09 season, he went ahead and signed 5 players in the January transfer window. Three of them were ex Spurs-players returning; Pascal Chimbonda from Sunderland, Robbie Keane from Liverpool and Defoe back from Portsmouth. (The other two signings were Carlo Cudicini and Wilson Palacios.) The following season of 2009-10 was Spurs’ most successful in the league for years and they qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Defoe was Tottenham’s top scorer of the season. He scored a hat-trick in their 5-1 win away at Hull and he scored five goals in their 9-1 thrashing of Wigan at White Hart Lane. Redknapp stated that Defoe was the best finisher in England and should be a regular starter for his national team.
Defoe made his senior debut for England in March 2004. He was not picked for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but was in the 2010 squad going to South Africa. He scored in England’s 1-0 win against Slovenia in the group stages, which took them to the Round of 16. In the Euro 2012 qualifyer against Bulgaria on 3 September 2010 Defoe scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 win.