7 Footballers To Play For Both NUFC And Leicester City

4. Les Ferdinand

Newcastle United: 1995-97 League Appearances: 68 League Goals: 41 Leicester City: 2003-04 League Appearances: 29 League Goals: 12

Has there ever been a better player in the air in the Premier League? Perhaps a couple of people may run him close, but Les Ferdinand was simply brilliant when it came to dominating centre-backs. The 17-cap England centre-forward played for Hayes and Queens Park Rangers before Newcastle snapped him up for £6 million in 1995 - and that proved to be an absolute bargain. Another member of the Entertainers team, Ferdinand banged in 41 goals in just 68 league games for the Magpies over two seasons. In fact, Ferdinand and Alan Shearer struck up a prolific partnership despite the scepticism about their compatibility - and they have gone down in Geordie folklore as arguably the greatest striking duo in the club's history.

In 1997, Ferdinand's boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur lured him back to north London for £6 million and, after a brief spell at West Ham United, Ferdinand moved to Leicester City in 2003. Despite Ferdinand managing to net an impressive 12 goals in just 29 games, the Foxes finished in 18th place in the Premier League and were ultimately relegated to the Championship. Ferdinand then played for Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Watford before retiring in 2006 - and he worked as a coach at Spurs before becoming QPR's director of football in February.