Who's has the sexiest team in the Premier League?

Credit: PA

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, a panel of 250 American women have created a list of the top 300 hottest players in the Premier League

Carried out by the gambling company Paddy Power this "scientific' research into the who's hot and who's not of the premier League came up with some startling results.

But no more taunting:

And the Winner is .....

BURNLEY!

Burnley players can celebrate as the've just been named the sexiest team in the Premier League Credit: PA

Yes they may be standing second to last in the Premier League when it comes to playing football, but when it comes to looking good in short shorts Burnley are second to none.

They beat Liverpool and Arsenal to the top spot with Stoke taking fourth.

At the other end of the table, Newcastle, Swansea and West Brom have the least attractive squads

In the individual category Arsenal's Olivier Giroud was voted the Premier League's sexiest footballer.

Sadly, with winners come losers and Joleon Lescott, Gerhard Tremmell and Sadio Mané, finished 298th, 299th and 300th respectively.

But not content with ranking the players individually the report put together two top XI: The most handsome and the least.

The most handsome XI featured two North West players with Burnley defender Jason Shackell and and Manchester city Midfielder Jesus Navas the only ones to make the cut.

Burnley defender Jason Shackell with a well deserved place in the starting 11 Credit: PA

Due to transfers and the fact they may in fact be too handsome to handle, we’ll probably never see this team take to the field in reality, but here’s what the most handsome XI look like:

  • GK Ben Foster

  • DF Santiago Vergini

  • DF Jason Shackell

  • DF Erik Pieters

  • DF Paul Konchesky

  • MF Jesus Navas

  • MF Morgan Schneiderlin

  • MF Nacer Chadli

  • MF Matty James

  • SR Charlie Austin

  • SR Olivier Giroud

Handsome Navas for Manchester City made it into the top 11 Credit: PA

However two of our region's players have also made it onto the least attractive 'nightmare' team.

Manchester United's star signing Angel Di Maria and Liverpool's Mario Balotelli were both on the dreaded XI that looked like this:

  • GK Gerhard Tremmel

  • DF Richie De Laet

  • DF James Collins

  • DF Joleon Lescott

  • DF Aly Cissokho

  • MF Angel Di Maria

  • MF Cheick Tiote

  • MF Stephen Quinn

  • MF Sadio Mané

  • SR Mario Balotelli

  • SR Marouane Chamakh

Apparently American women do not appreciate Mario's eccentric style Credit: PA