[Pictured] Meet the Premier league Beard gang!

Bruno (Brighton)
While Bruno is not blessed with hair on top of his head, the Brighton defender has more than made up for it with his beard.

Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff)
Being Icelandic and not having a beard would just feel plain rude, but fortunately Gunnarsson has obliged and grown some serious facial hair. The Cardiff midfielder looks like he’s just stepped off the set of a Viking movie, but it isn’t quite enough to get him to top spot.

Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)
While Giroud may not possess the same rugged, manliness of some occupying this list, his beard game is certainly not in question. Granted, it’s not completely natural like Alisson or Lukaku’s, but it is trimmed and sculpted to absolute perfection.

Adrian Mariappa (Watford)
Jagged, thick, but by no means straggly. Mariappa really pulls off the look of a thick, bushy beard, but one groomed to perfection.

Mo Salah (Liverpool)
Liverpool’s talisman has rightly earned plaudits for his goalscoring exploits since returning to the Premier League but his facial hair isn’t too shabby, either. It might not have the extravagance of other Premier League players, but it’s looking good all the same.

Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United)
The long, wavy dreadlocks may be a thing of the past for Lukaku, but when it comes to beards, the Manchester United man is very much the man of today. While it can be somewhat patchy in places – thus preventing it from getting close to top spot – we can let that slide a little.

Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)
While his form may have come into question at times last season, no one could ever doubt the class of the hair on his chin. So thick is his dark beard, it almost appears to be a separate entity on his face entirely. One for Premier League beard folklore for sure.

Alisson (Liverpool)
While Liverpool signed Alisson with the intention of keeping the ball out of the net – a concept Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet have struggled with since donning the Liverpool jersey – it can only aid the Brazilian’s cause that he looks absolutely fearsome at the best of times.