Millwall have managed to enjoy another solid season in the Championship but they look set to miss out on a place in the division’s top six with Gary Rowett’s side having seemingly left it too late to make a late push.

The Lions have managed to secure three successive wins to give themselves slight hope of being able to make it into the play-offs before the end of the campaign. However, too many draws earlier on in the campaign look to have made it too difficult a task for them to make up the eight points they are adrift of the top-six. Although they will have to believe they still have an outside chance.

Rowett’s side have shown though that they can string some wins together and that will be something they can take into next season if they do not make the play-offs. The Lions would need a strong summer window to make improvements to the squad that could take them on to the next level. The club have brought in many talented players over the years and need to do so again.

With that in mind, here we have put together a list of Millwall’s top 10 best ever foreign imports. Have a look through and see if you agree with these selections…

Up first on this list is defender Danis Salman, who was a solid and reliable performer for the Lions throughout his time with the club between 1986 and 19990.

The Turkish Cypriot-born defender arrived at Millwall in the summer of 1986 for a fee of around £20,000 and he managed to make 36 appearances and score two goals during his first campaign with the Lions. The following season, Salman received the club’s Player of the Year award after making 42 appearances and helping to play a key role in them winning the second division title.

Salman made a further 24 appearances in Millwall’s first campaign back in the First Division, but he saw his chances for regular minutes shortened the following campaign and he left the Lions in March 1990 having made 112 appearances in total. He went on to play for both Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United before retiring in 1993.

In at number nine on this list is current New Zealand and Burnley forward Chris Wood. He makes the list due to a combination of his impact during a short-term spell with the Lions and also what he has achieved since then in terms of establishing himself as a Premier League quality forward.

Wood was signed by Millwall on loan from West Brom in September 2012, with the Lions searching for a forward who could add some much-needed goals to the side. The New Zealand international managed to provide just that with him scoring on his first start for them against Brighton. The striker would see his loan move extended from two months until the January transfer window.

During his loan spell with the Lions, he managed to fire in an impressive tally of 11 goals in 19 Championship appearances and that was enough to make him Millwall’s top goal scorer during the 2012/13 campaign despite him leaving in the winter window. Wood has since managed successful spells with Leicester City, Leeds United and is currently scoring goals regularly in the top-flight for Burnley.

In eighth place on this list is former Millwall defender Kevin Muscat, who makes this list due to the influence he had on the pitch with his leadership and battling qualities during his time with the club.

Muscat qualifies for this list having made 46 appearances for Australia and he was signed by the Lions in 2003 after leaving Rangers and it would be the defender’s final spell in British football. He managed to play an instrumental role in helping to guide the Lions to the FA Cup final during the 2003/04 campaign with him captaining the side also to a tenth-place finish in the league.

The defender left the club in 2005 after making 53 appearances for the club and went on to enjoy a successful spell with Melbourne Victory before retiring. Muscat has since managed Melbourne Victory on two separate occasions and is currently without a club having recently had a short term spell in charge of Belgian side Sint-Truiden.

In at number seven on this list is Millwall’s current first-choice goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski, who has managed to establish himself as one of the Lions’ most impressive performers since arriving at The Den.

In the summer of 2019, the Poland international initially arrived on loan from Ipswich Town following on from their relegation to League One. Białkowski swiftly emerged as one of the Lions’ best performers and he managed to make 28 appearances in the first half of last term before his move was made a permanent one in January. Overall, he kept 15 clean sheets in 46 appearances.

So far this season, Białkowski has continued to be an excellent performer for the Lions and he has managed to average 2.7 saves per game and also record 16 clean sheets in his 40 Championship appearances to date. The Polish stopper has certainly proved to be one of the club’s best ever foreign imports and could even earn greater acclaim in the next few years.

In at number six on this list is defender Lucas Neil, who makes the list having not only enjoyed a successful spell with the Lions but also having gone onto establish himself as a strong performer in the English top-flight after he left the club.

Neil arrived at Millwall in November 1995 and he proved to be a bargain acquisition for the club making 13 appearances in all competitions during the 1995/96 campaign, but he could not prevent them from being relegated to the second division. The following season, the defender scored four goals in 44 appearances as the Lions finished in 14th in the second division.

The Australian’s impact was limited the following term, but during the next three seasons, he was a firm first-choice and managed to make 44, 35 and 25 appearances in all competitions in each campaign respectively. That form attracted the interest of Blackburn Rovers and in September 2001 he left for Rovers for an initial £600,000. He then went onto enjoy spells with West Ham and Everton before moving to Galatasaray.

Spells in Abu Dhabi, Australia and Japan followed before he finished his career with Watford in 2014. Neil certainly deserves his place on this list of best ever Millwall foreign imports.

Coming in at fifth place on this list is Paul Ifill, who despite being born in England qualifies for this list having made ten appearances for Barbados. He deserves his place on the list due to the important contributions he made on the pitch for the club during his seven-year spell at The Den.

Ifill was signed by Millwall in 1998 and he managed to establish himself as a crucial member of the Lions side throughout his time with the club. The winger was often able to cause problems for opposing defences and also show composure in the final third which made him a crucial player as he managed to make over 230 appearances and score 40 goals.

The winger was also able to play an important role in the Millwall side that were beaten in the FA Cup final by Manchester United in 2004. He was eventually signed by Sheffield United in May 2005 for a fee of around £800,000. Ifill went on to help the Blades earn promotion to the Premier League and then had spells with Crystal Palace, Wellington Phoenix, Tasman United and Hawke's Bay United.

In fourth place on this list is former USA international Kasey Keller who makes the list having established himself as a quality goalkeeper during his four-year spell with the Lions.

Keller was signed by Millwall in 1992 and he managed to establish himself swiftly as the Lions number one option in goal. The keeper was an impressive performer during his first campaign with the club and managed to help them to a 7th place finish in the first division whilst also being named their Player of the Year.

Overall, Keller would go onto make over 170 appearances for the Lions, but following the club’s relegation from the first division he was put on the transfer list and was subsequently signed by Leicester City for around £900,000 in 1996. He helped the Foxes win the League Cup in the 1996/97 campaign and had spells with the likes of Rayo Vallecano, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Fulham and Seattle Sounders. He also been the assistant coach of the US national team.

In at number three is another former Millwall goalkeeper in the shape of Tony Warner, who makes this list having played for the Trinidad and Tobago national team, despite being born in England.

Warner started his career with Liverpool, but after a few loan spells away from Anfield he was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer to Millwall in the summer of 1999. The keeper proved to be an instant hit with the Lions and was a key player in the 1999/00 campaign as they finished in 5th place in the second division. The following year he made 35 league appearances as they earned promotion back to the second tier.

The keeper was a firm fan’s favourite and was known for producing a string of excellent penalty saves during his time with the club. Warner was Millwall’s Player of the Year in 2002/03 and despite not being fit enough to play in their FA Cup final against Manchester United in 2004 he was handed a medal with Dennis Wise wanting him to be given one. He left for Cardiff City in July 1994.

In at second place on this list is midfielder Jimmy Abdou, who is a real fans’ favourite at Millwall and also in 9th place on their list of all-time appearance makers. He has also made the most appearances of any foreign import in the club’s history.

Abdou was born in France but represents Comoros internationally and he was signed by Millwall in the summer of 2008 after turning down the offer of a new deal at Plymouth Argyle. The midfielder would go onto enjoy a decade with the Lions and he helped the club earn promotion from League One in his second season in 2009/10 making 53 appearances in all competitions.

He was then instrumental in establishing them back in the second tier and made 34 league appearances as they finished in 9th place in their first season back in the Championship. Abdou was an integral player for the next four campaigns, but he could not stop them from being relegated after a poor 2013/14 season. The midfielder was able to play a part in helping them earn promotion again in 2016/17 though.

Overall, Abdou managed to make an impressive 342 appearances for the Lions in which he scored nine goals. He goes down as one of their best-ever players and certainly one of their best ever foreign imports. The midfielder is currently playing for French side Martigues.

Some fans might think Abdou should be top of the list here, but we have gone for Tim Cahill purely because of the impact he made for the club and also the career he managed to enjoy in the Premier League after his departure from The Den.

Cahill arrived at Millwall in 1998 on a free transfer from Sydney United and he proved to be one of the best signings that the club have ever made. The Australian was part of the side that reached the final of the 1999 Football League Trophy final and also fired in ten goals in all competitions as the club won the division two title with 93 points in the 2000/01 campaign.

His best-ever goals tally for the club of 13 in the league came in the 2001/02 campaign as Millwall reached the play-offs but could not earn promotion. The following year history repeated itself with the Lions again ending up in the top six only to miss out on promotion. Cahill also helped the Lions reach the 2004 FA Cup final and that would prove to be his last season with him moving to Everton in the summer of 2004 for £1.5 million.

The Australian spent eight years with the Toffees becoming a firm fans’ favourite there as well. After spells with New York Red Bulls, Shanghai Shenhua, Hangzhou Greentown and Melbourne City he made a return to the Lions in 2018 for a brief spell and made ten appearances.