Reaching a century of Premier League goals immortalises would-be greats into the division’s folklore, their achievements replayed with countless re-runs celebrating their inclusion in English football’s fabled ‘100 club’.
Ask any avid watcher of England’s top tier and they will no doubt be able to list you some of the goalscoring greats, the likes of Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Thierry Henry amongst the notable names to have racked up 100+ goals.
There have, however, been several names to have fallen just short of that magical milestone, with some brilliant footballers having left the Premier League agonisingly close to ‘100 club’ entrance.
We’ve picked out some of the best players to have just missed out on reaching a landmark century, here are five top players who narrowly missed out on the Premier League ‘100 club’.
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