The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night. Now comes the moment for new arrivals to make their mark on the pitch rather than the balance sheet.

Throughout the Premier League era, there have been hordes of transfer hits and misses, but today we're looking at those signings who proved game-changing for their club and the competition, the ones who really moved the needle. I've ranked my top 10 below. You can have your say in the comments. You could make an argument for plenty of players who were left off this list.

Thierry Henry is probably the one quibbled over the most, Arsene Wenger turning him from misfiring winger to one of the generation's greatest forwards. But Arsenal had been champions 12 months before he arrived, and it took until Henry's third season for the Gunners to reclaim that crown. You could point to Cristiano Ronaldo, who won a Ballon d'Or at Manchester United, or Wayne Rooney, who became the club's record goalscorer. But a teenage Ronaldo took time to bed in, while Rooney, despite a debut hat-trick in Europe, had to wait until his third season for a Premier League winners' medal.

Then there's a plethora of Manchester City signings. Erling Haaland announced himself with 36 goals in 35 top-flight games but arrived in the middle of City's four-year title-winning streak. Yaya Toure, Kevin de Bruyne, and Rodri all had big impacts. However, the list can only be 10 names long. So here it is...

• Petr Cech - Rennes to Chelsea, £7m, July 2004
• Alan Shearer - Southampton to Blackburn, £3.6m, July 1992
• Carlos Tevez - Corinthians to West Ham, undisclosed, August 2006
• Robinho - Real Madrid to Manchester City, £32.5m, August 2008
• Virgil van Dijk - Southampton to Liverpool, £75m, January 2018
• Robin van Persie - Arsenal to Manchester United, £22.5m, August 2012
• Sol Campbell - Tottenham to Arsenal, free transfer, July 2001
• N'Golo Kante - Caen to Leicester, £5.6m, August 2015
• Sergio Aguero - Atletico Madrid to Manchester City, £35m, July 2011
• Eric Cantona - Leeds United to Manchester United, £1.6m, November 1992

Where do you start with Eric Cantona? The maverick Frenchman arrived in England having won the title with Marseille, which was followed by a two-month ban for throwing a ball at a referee and a fallout with the hierarchy. Advised to move to England, he rocked up at Leeds - via a trial at Sheffield Wednesday - in January 1991 and swiftly helped them clinch the First Division.

A few months into the new season, Cantona's relationship with manager Howard Wilkinson broke down. Manchester United, languishing in mid-table by late November, without a league title in 26 years and having been dumped out of the Uefa Cup by Torpedo Moscow, came calling - after their bid for Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst was rejected. Cantona proved a revelation.

He scored nine times in 23 games and was influential as United ended up winning the inaugural Premier League title by 10 points. The forward would win four titles in five years at Old Trafford, including two league and cup doubles, laying the foundations for a generation of success before his shock retirement in 1997.

Eric Cantona scored 82 goals in 185 United games but had a huge impact on and off the field at Old Trafford.