Newcastle: 10 Best Foreign Signings In The Premier League Era

7. Phillipe Albert

You all know how it goes by now, some of you frame-by-frame accompanied by Martin Tyler's immortal commentary 'Phillipe Albert, ohhhhh. Absolutely glorious'. It's arguably the most iconic of the 1,056 Premier League goals scored to date by Newcastle and undoubtedly the crowning moment of the bushy-lipped Belgian's five years at St James'. By now it should have registered that we're talking about Albert's immortal lob over Peter Schmeichel in the 5-0 demolition of Manchester United in 1996. Never has a defender exemplified a style of attacking football more than Albert as a central component of Keegan's Entertainers side of the mid-90's. 'They score three we score four' was the ideology that KK instilled into his players, none more so than the former Belgium international who considered defending to be secondary to the objective of outscoring the opponent and had many a supporter balancing their heart on the tip of their tongue when he was be spotted roaming upfield. It made Albert an unlikely cult hero and chants of "Phillipe, Phillipe Albert, everyone knows his name" can still be heard to this day.