Alan Shearer Sends Fans Wild After Claiming There's Only 1 World Class Player in the Premier League

Alan Shearer raised a few eyebrows during Match of the Day on Saturday night when the legendary Newcastle United marksman claimed Sergio Aguero is the only world class player in the Premier League.

The pundit was speaking during the programme's analysis of Manchester City's 4-0 dismantling of West Brom on Saturday and heaped praise on the Argentine striker, who returned to form with two goals after having been dropped by Pep Guardiola recently.

Shearer said:"[Aguero is] theone genuine world class player we have in our Premier League".

It's a big shout from Alan Shearer.... https://t.co/tHyabgHtso

"When you look at his record, when you look at some of the goals that he can score, the goals that he has scored, he's world class," the all-time Premier League top scorer added.

Presenter Gary Lineker interjected with the suggestion of includingArsenal's Chilean star Alexis Sanchez in the same bracket but Shearer dismissed it.

It would appear the respect and admiration is mutual between Shearer and Aguero, as the City ace said this about the England legend a few weeks back to the official Manchester City website.

FULL-TIME West Brom 0-4 Man City. Sergio Aguero returns to his brilliant best as Man City regain the #PL table top spot #WBAMCI pic.twitter.com/MC3V4YksA1

There are some great names in the Premier League top 20, but without a doubt, for his goal tally and lead over everybody else, Alan Shearer deserves to be on the podium.

That said, there are a number of other players I admire. I'd say it's a matter of taste or playing style because the Premier League has hosted many of the greats “ and still does: Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Thierry Henry to name just a few.�