In the 2003/04 season, Jose Antonio Reyes became the first Spaniard to win the Premier League as part of an Arsenal side who are still the only team to go an entire campaign unbeaten in the Premier League era. Signed from Sevilla in 2004, Reyes quickly endeared himself to the Highbury faithful after he netted a spectacular brace against London rivals Chelsea to dump them out of the FA Cup in his first month at the club. Though much of his time in North London was littered with reports of him feeling homesick and longing to return to Spain, it rarely impacted his performances as he played a starring role in the Gunners run to the 2006 Champions League final. Tragically, on the day of the...
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