Heskey was one of City's modern stars, scoring 40 league goals in 143 starts for the club between 1995 and 2000 - when he left for a record £11m transfer fee and went on to split opinions whilst playing in the top-flight and at international level for England.

A Leicester lad, Heskey rose through the club's youth ranks. He'd already bagged four England U16s Schools caps before City handed him a youth contract and his form kicked on from there. Such was his quality as a youth player that he thrown in at the first-team deep-end during an injury crisis in 1995, debuting at Queens Park Rangers and becoming the club's youngest Premier League player.

It prompted the club to offer him a professional contract in time for the start of the following campaign, which he duly signed. He continued to play in the youth team at the start of that season but soon become a favourite of Martin O'Neill and he soon attracted the interest of the England U21s.

Heskey was on a roll, and he shone in the top-flight with City following promotion. That first campaign in the Premier League actually brought about his best tally of goals for the club and his superb season saw him finish runner-up only to David Beckham in the Young Player of the Year awards.

Heskey was a powerful, fast forward who could take his goals well but who also suffered plenty of inconsistencies in his game - something which frustrated the City faithful somewhat and was also present after his initial burst on to the scene. Still, he showed enough to be classed as one of the better top-flight strikers and he secured League Cup winners' medals with City, as well as securing international honours with England.

His form attracted Liverpool and City parted with their talisman for £11 million. He scored 22 goals in the 2000-01 season and won medals aplenty with the Kop club, including the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. He was also a big part of Sven-Goran Eriksson's England side, and will probably be remembered most for scoring in that 5-1 thrashing of old foes Germany in Munich - as well as his 'DJ' celebration.

Heskey didn't forget his Leicester roots and actually put some cash towards the Gary Lineker-led consortium that bought the club out of administration.

Heskey's stay at Liverpool ended in May 2004, after four years on Merseyside, when he signed for Birmingham City. He recaptured his form following a move to Wigan Athletic and that brought about a move back to the Midlands, this time with Aston Villa.