The Premier League Hall of Fame shortlist for 2025 has been announced with former Chelsea stars Cesc Fàbregas and Eden Hazard included as well as Manchester City stalwart David Silva, though there is still no place for Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs.
Former United defenders Gary Neville, Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidić are shortlisted while there is space for two Ex-Liverpool strikers in Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler.
Tottenham Hotspur are also represented through Jermain Defoe and Les Ferdinand with Teddy Sheringham and Sol Campbell, who infamously made the move across north London from Spurs to Arsenal, also on the list.
But Giggs, despite continuing to hold the record for 13 Premier League winners' medals, has not been included -- and sources have told ESPN that he has not even been contacted.
Giggs, who retired at the end of the 2013-14 season, had charges of coercive or controlling behaviour against his former partner and of assaulting her sister dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in July 2023 and was formally found not guilty after jurors failed to reach verdicts in his first trial in August 2022.
Former Arsenal players Tony Adams and Ian Wright, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023 and 2022 respectively, were both selected despite having previously served custodial prison sentence, while former Chelsea captain made last year's shortlist despite being banned for four matches and fined £220,000 by a Football Association commission in 2012 for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.
Yaya Touré and United mainstays under Sir Alex Ferguson, who himself was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame two years ago, Michael Carrick and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar round off the 15-man shortlist.
The 2025 nominees boast 44 league titles between them and share over 5,000 appearances and a whopping 1,000 Premier League goals.
The league's Hall of Fame was introduced in 2021, and has since welcomed 24 members with two new players to be added this year.
The two inductees for 2025 are to be decided by a public vote, with the results announced on Nov. 4.
2025 Premier League Hall of Fame shortlist in full:
Patrice Evra
Robbie Fowler
Michael Owen
Yaya Touré
Michael Carrick
Cesc Fàbregas
Eden Hazard
Teddy Sheringham
Edwin van der Sar
Jermain Defoe
Les Ferdinand
Gary Neville
David Silva
Nemanja Vidić
Information from ESPN's Mark Ogden was used in this report.