Rooney and Vieira inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame

Five-time

Premier League

winner

Wayne Rooney

and

legend

Patrick Vieira

have today been announced as the latest two players to be named in the official Premier League Hall of Fame.

Rooney is the Premier League's all-time second top scorer, with 208 goals for

and Everton.

During his 11 seasons with Arsenal, Vieira won three Premier League titles and captained the 'Invincibles' team to the title in 2003/04, when they did not lose a match.

Rooney and Vieira are the ninth and 10th players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard and David Beckham.

Rooney who currently manages Derby County said: "

It's a huge honour for me to be named in the Premier League Hall of Fame, alongside an incredible group of players who have already been inducted. I have so many brilliant memories from my years playing for Everton and Manchester United, and I'm really proud of what we achieved. To enter the Hall of Fame is very special for me personally and I'm grateful to be recognised.

"

Vieira scored 31 goals and provided 34 assists during 307 Premier League appearances for Arsenal and Manchester City. the frenchman said: "

Being inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame is a fantastic achievement. When I received the news, I thought about being a young boy playing in Senegal, or in a suburb of Paris.

To be there with the best players in the Premier League, the best league in the world, is bigger than what I was ever thinking about. To have my name around those players makes me proud and makes me realise how good I was.

It's not bad company to join. I was lucky to play at the same time as some of them, of course including Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp. So to share the stage with them makes me realise I had a really good career.

What really makes me happy and proud is when your name is mentioned by new, up-and-coming holding midfielders as an example of how they would like to play.

"

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