A group of American women were asked by popular bookmaker, Paddy Power to pick their hottest player in the premier League. And guess who took their fancy most? Arsenal striker, Olivier Giroud.

Paddy Power took 300 pictures of Premier League footballers; two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three strikers from each of the 20 teams and asked 250 American women, unfamiliar with UK sport, to rate these sporting gods purely on physical attractiveness.

 

The top 10:

1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)

2. Santiago Vergini (Sunderland)

3. Matty James (Leicester City)

4. Paul Konchesky (Leicester City)

5. Jason Shackell (Burnley)

6. Erik Pieters (Stoke)

7. Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)

8. Nacer Chadli (Tottenham)

9. Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa)

10. Ben Foster (West Brom)

(O_o Where’s Fabregas, Nani, Evra, Walcott?)