It takes a truly exceptional team to win the Premier League title. And at the heart of that team there is unfailingly a great leader.
Captains take on all manner of responsibility when they pull on the armband, both on and off the field.
They have to be ambassadors for their clubs, leaders in an organisational and motivational sense, lead by example and dole out discipline.
But who is the finest captain to have won the Premier League?
Former England, Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham star Joe Cole had his say last week.