With the announcement that the Premier League is returning in less than three weeks, excitement has intensified regarding the first games back which reportedly includes Manchester City vs Arsenal. All teams are going to have their full roster available despite any previous injuries and it is going to make for a thrilling Top 4 battle and a cosmic clash for survival at the bottom. In this article, we are going to share our Team of the Season (so far) and who we think could break in after these last ten games. Tell us who you think should be in the Team of the Season on Twitter here!
Goalkeeper: Alisson – Liverpool
Despite being injured for a number of games early in the season, Allison has had a fantastic season for Liverpool yet again. He’s kept ten clean sheets and boasts an impressive 80.4% save percentage, amongst the best in the league. He has made some outstanding saves and he is in a great position to win the Golden Glove for the second year in a row.
Honourable mentions:
Dean Henderson: The 22 year old goalkeeper on-loan at Sheffield United has enjoyed a marvellous debut season in the Premier League. He has made some truly astonishing saves and has kept ten clean sheets, the second highest in the league. Many Manchester United fans are hoping that Henderson will replace an ageing David De Gea in the years to come.
Nick Pope: Burnley’s English shotstopper leads the Premier League so far for clean sheets and has experienced an excellent campaign with The Clarets.
Right-Back: Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
The Scouse right-back has just gone from strength to strength over the course of the last few seasons. Alexander-Arnold’s wicked crosses cause mayhem and place fear in the opposition’s penalty area and he has already racked up an enormous 12 assists this season. For a defender, that is truly remarkable!
Honourable mentions:
Aaron Wan-Bissaka: Manchester United’s £50 million signing has seemed to have made a difference at Old Trafford and has instantly become a fan-favourite. With his menacing pace, he has proved seemingly impossible to beat in a one-on-one situation and he proved this in two brilliant duels against Raheem Sterling!
Ricardo Pereira: Pereira has had a great campaign with Leicester. He does it all. He defends and attacks effortlessly and tirelessly. He has made the most tackles in the Premier League this season and has chipped in with three goals and has created five big chances.
Centre-Backs: Virgil Van-Dijk – Liverpool & Caglar Soyuncu – Leicester
Virgil Van Dijk is undoubtably the best defender in the world. Van Dijk has transformed Liverpool into a decent side to one of the world’s best. This season he has lead Liverpool to the best defensive record in the league and helped them to be on track for the highest points ever achieved. The Dutch defender makes it all look so effortless and he truly is a world class footballer.
When Leicester sold Harry Maguire to Manchester United for £80 million late in the summer of 2019, there was a collective doubt whether Leicester would be able to replace him with no time left in the window. They weren’t able to buy anyone but that didn’t matter as his replacement was already at the club, Caglar `Soyuncu. With his tough tackling style and commanding style, Leicester fans have become enamoured with Soyuncu. He has impressed during his first season as a starter and he makes it into our Team of The Season (so far).
Honourable mentions:
Harry Maguire: Maguire has been commanding presence in United’s defence and has helped them improve their defensive record. In the ultimate weeks before the postponement of the season, United had really found their feet and started to keep clean sheets more frequently. In the remaining games of the season. Maguire could definitely help United push for a Top 4 finish.
Aymeric Laporte: Laporte wouldn’t make it anywhere near a Team of the Season (so far) as he has been out with injuries for a while. However, despite being injured for a vast amount of the season, Manchester City look so much better with him in their defence and in the remainder of the season he is going to be a key figure for Manchester City.
Left-Back: Andy Robertson – Liverpool
He’s dependable, he’s passionate and he constantly creates chances, what more could you want from a left-back. Robertson has been great this season and has seven assists which for a defender is fantastic.
Central Midfielders: Jordan Henderson – Liverpool & Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
Jordan Henderson is everything one could possible desire in a captain. He leads the team well and he is the engine in the heart of the Liverpool side. He makes everything tick. When he was missing in the last few games of the season, it was clear what the team was missing and the impact he truly has was visible. He has experienced his best season to date and he makes it into our team without a shadow of a doubt.
Kevin De Bruyne, what a player. For me, he is the best player in the Premier League. The passes that he makes, his powerful shooting, his creativity, he is simply wonderful. This season he has made sixteen assists and with nine games left, this puts him in great stead to break the all-time assists record (20) set by Thierry Henry. He has also scored eight goals and in some matches has carried Manchester City to the win.
Honourable mentions:
Mateo Kovacic: Kovacic has been great to watch this season. He has improved so much and has been a key figure in Chelsea’s midfield.
Bruno Fernandes: What an impact Fernandes has had to this Manchester United side. He drives the team, he sprays passes around, he scores goals and he brings energy to the side. United went from a painful team to watch to an exciting one within the space of two weeks when he signed. In the last games, Fernandes could push United to that Top 4 finish.
Central Attacking Midfield: Jack Grealish – Aston Villa
Playing in a weak side that are constantly fighting for survival, Jack Grealish has been a shining light in an otherwise poor Aston Villa season. His silky dribbling and flair is so enjoyable to watch and it is no surprise he has been relentlessly linked to Manchester United. What a season he has had!
Honourable mentions:
James Maddison: Maddison is a fantastic player and has been good again this season for The Foxes. He creates dozens of chances and is a key player in the Leicester side.
Emiliano Buendia: Playing in a severely depleted team, Buendia has managed to impress with his quality passes and seven assists. He has put up some of the best numbers in the league when it comes to chances created and if Norwich get relegated there is no doubt he will be snapped up by a top flight club in Europe.
Left-Winger: Sadio Mane – Liverpool
Sadio Mane has been truly superb during Liverpool’s title run. He has come up with some important goals and assists and he is their second top scorer with 14 goals. Mane has enjoyed what is probably his best season yet and he has put up a campaign worthy of a Player of the Season nomination.
Honourable mentions:
Marcus Rashford: Rashford has has his most prolific season yet despite being injured since `January. When the season returns, he is likely to break the 20 goal mark, especially now that Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba are going to be playing with him too.
Heung-Min Son: Heung-Min Son has been exceptional this season. When he got injured against Aston Villa, Tottenham’s season crumbled and it showed how crucial he is.
Striker: Jamie Vardy – Leicester
Jamie Vardy has consistently been one of the best striker’s in the league for about five years and this season he leads the scoring charts with 19. He has been key to getting Leicester into 3rd place and I’m sure he’ll break the 25 goals mark once he starts playing again.
Honourable mentions:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: The Gabonese striker is frankly exceptional. He carries Arsenal! Without his goals, Arsenal would be 19th. Of course, this statistic is futile as someone else could have scored the goals but it shows how heavily Arsenal rely of Aubameyang.
Sergio Aguero: If this man never got injured, he would break Alan Shearer’s goal record. He has been brilliant this season and has shown once again why he is one of the best strikers in the world.
Right-Winger: Mohammed Salah – Liverpool
Salah has consistently been outstanding for three seasons now and this season he was no different. He is Liverpool’s top scorer with 16 goals and has six assists as well. The Egyptian King is a class act and he is criminally underrated amongst Premier League watchers.
Honourable mentions:
Riyad Mahrez: Riyad Mahrez is one of my favourite players to watch in the whole world. His dazzling dribbling skills are wonderful and his seven goals and eight assists so far is no mean feat. It’s even more impressive as he has to rotate with Raheem Sterling!
Adama Traore: Is there a better dribbler in the league than this man? His pace makes him one of the deadliest forces in the league and this season, with improvement on his end-product, he has been excellent.
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