BATTY WINS MIDFIELDER POLL
The Leeds United star surprisingly polled a fifth of almost 7000 votes to come out ahead of Arsenal`s midfield pairing of Petit and Vieira and Manchester United rival Roy Keane.
Arsenal can take a lot of pride in taking both second and third place in our exclusive Opta poll - with Petit polling 15% and Vieira narrowly behind with 14% of the votes - meaning almost a third of all users thought that Arsenal had the best midfielder.
Keane found himself equal third with Vieira, both players polling just under 1000 votes.
Middlesbrough`s Paul Ince was some way off the pace of the top four with nine percent but gained around 630 votes, and found himself level with our ever-popular `other` category.
Didier Deschamps deserves a mention with his seven percent and Didi Hamann can consider himself unlucky to only poll 350 votes.
Patrick Goss
Vote in full:
David Batty: 20%
Emmanuel Petit: 15%
Patrick Vieira: 14%
Roy Keane: 14%
Paul Ince: 9%
Other: 9%
Didier Deschamps: 7%
Didi Hamman: 5%
Gary McAllister: 4%
Tim Sherwood: 2%
Neil Lennon: 2%
