You don’t get many true club legends these days. Modern football has developed in a way that makes it pretty difficult for a player to stay at one club for more than two or three seasons at a time.

But back in the early days of the Premier League, and of course before then, it was far easier for a player to sign for a club and call it his home for many, many years. That’s what Lucas Radebe did when he rocked up at Elland Road in 1994.

The South African initially struggled with injuries during his early years at Leeds but as soon as manager Howard Wilkinson was replaced with George Graham, the defender was able to show the Premier League what he was all about.

Eleven seasons, 256 first team appearances, three goals and a Champions League semi-final later and Radebe had become a Leeds United legend.

On Wednesday the great man turned 48-years-young, so we’ve put together the video below to honour his time with Leeds and the impact he had on the Premier League…