British footballers have often stayed within the realms of the UK game for decades. From the England World Cup winners of 1966 all coming from English sides, to the stars down the years like Ryan Giggs and Ally McCoist spending their illustrious days on their front doorstep.
There has been the odd Brit who has moved across Europe to test the waters of German football, however, with 70s stars like Kevin Keegan and modern greats such as Jadon Sancho doing so in sensational style.
Here, we take a look back on the famous men from the British shores who have taken the Bundesliga by storm and cemented their place in history with the famous German outfits.
From the rising stars like Ademola Lookman at RB Leipzig, to the wonderful Bayern Munich career of Owen Hargreaves - here are the 11 men who have done it best throughout the ages and the decades of German football, in no particular order.