Stoke City playmaker Stephen Ireland - who has also had spells with Manchester City, Aston Villa and Newcastle - picks his #One2Eleven of the best players he's played with in his career.
LEFT MIDFIELD - Shaun Wright-Phillips
He's got everything - he's passionate, he's quick, he's driven and he can finish like I've never seen: he can hit a ball so hard and so clean. He's still a really close friend these days. Wingers like Shaun aren't around anymore; he was really direct. He inspired me massively to get into the first team because I knew that's what I wanted to do.
No 10 - Carlos Tevez
He was frustrating because Monday to Friday you wouldn't get anything out of him - he wouldn't break a sweat in training, he'd walk around showing no interest whatsoever. You'd get nothing from him and then on Saturday when the whistle blows he was a different animal. He was just really, really ferocious and super direct, which I loved; he got the ball and he just wanted to score. He always had arguments with the manager - he and Roberto Mancini argued all of the time. But there were some nice touches. At Christmas he went and bought 60 plasma TVs and gave them to all of the staff.
