5 most successful one-man armies in modern football

In football it is very hard for a team to have its fortunes turned around by one player alone, but it does happen and it requires a superhuman effort to be able to do it and do it consistently. Football has had its fair share of one man's teams but a few of them were really spectacular in the amount of influence a single player exerted over the club and how it changed the course of their performances.Here are a few one man teams that have left a mark in football's psyche for the long term. 

#5 Yohan Cabaye

Yohan Cabaye is a brilliant player, but people often left it at that. His true capabilities were only brought to the fore last season when he left Newcastle for PSG. It was not his form at PSG that showed his effect on his team's form, but his departure from Tyneside.

Newcastle, a comfortablemid-table team, won an incredible 47% of their matches with Cabaye in the side compared to just 19% without him. Just last season, Newcastle oversaw a terrible run of games after his departure, a run which continues to this day. Last season, after his move to PSG, Newcastle played 15 games of which they only managed to win 4, losing the rest of the games to finish a mediocre 10th despite a strong start to the season.

Alan Pardew earned much acclaim for his earlier exploits with Newcastle, but his exploits now look the work of an exceptional player on whose shoulders was borne the weight of the team.