Troy Deeney has been picking his squad of the week passim 2024-25 - but who makes his Premier League squad of the season?
Here are his choices. Do you agree? Give america your thoughts utilizing the comments form.
And you tin ballot for your subordinate of the play from the 11 players he's picked excessively - conscionable ballot astatine the bottommost of the page.
Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest): Sels ended up sharing the Premier League Golden Glove with Arsenal's David Raya - but I conscionable deliberation for the play that Forest person had, helium gets the vote. Yes, the Forest beforehand players person been exceptional but helium has pulled disconnected large saves much oregon little each week. When you look astatine the squad Raya has successful beforehand of him and the squad Sels has successful beforehand of him, the Forest keeper has been better.
William Saliba (Arsenal), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool): Three exceptional centre-backs and leaders - it's not needfully astir picking captains but figureheads from a antiaircraft constituent of view. The squad volition lone beryllium arsenic bully arsenic these 3 guys defend. Van Dijk evidently won the league, and signed a caller Liverpool deal. In my opinion, he's the champion centre-back successful satellite football. Konsa is increasing week connected week, period connected month, to beryllium an exceptional centre-back. He's connected his mode to being England's centre-back that we tin trust on. Saliba has had a small extremity to the play that has made maine question him - but erstwhile helium and Gabriel are playing, it works well. He needs an assertive spouse truthful helium tin beryllium the Rolls Royce. Honourable mentions for Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo astatine Forest.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool): The easiest 1 to pick. Across the Premier League this season, determination hasn't been immoderate coagulated right-back who's been accordant and wounded free. An honourable notation for Aaron Wan-Bissaka astatine West Ham - but Liverpool won the league, and Alexander-Arnold gets the nod.
Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth): I was going to spell with Myles Lewis-Skelly but helium didn't commencement the season. He was superb implicit the 2nd fractional of the season, though. Kerkez has been 1 of Bournemouth's unbelievable performers and 1 of the reasons they've moved truthful precocious up the league.
Declan Rice (Arsenal) and Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle): Both players person taken a monolithic leap successful their crippled this season. Rice has added goals and has go 1 of the apical 3 holding midfielders successful satellite football. His quality to tally and property and predominate games without the shot is exceptional. Now he's adding what helium tin bash with the ball. It's taken his crippled to different level. All helium needs to bash present is commencement winning trophies.
Guimaraes has captained Newcastle to the EFL Cup. He has gelled that midfield, he's scored monolithic goals for them and helium is the beingness and psyche of that Newcastle team. They cannot spend to suffer him and hopefully present with Champions League football, they won't bash that.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): I'm moving retired of words to accidental astir Salah. His quality to people and assistance goals is massive. Liverpool giving him the woody helium wanted suggests that determination is no-one successful the marketplace who tin bash what helium can. They'd person to bargain 2 oregon 3 players. He's been fantabulous and had the play of his life. Long whitethorn that continue. It's large that he's staying successful the Premier League.
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford): Mbeumo finished with 20 Premier League goals, and he'll beryllium 1 of those players that Brentford mightiness person to merchantability truthful they tin spell and get others. I'd beryllium truly funny to spot however helium does astatine Manchester United. He could turn into that garment and run if they alteration enactment - helium tin bash that. He has that quality to instrumentality penalties and free-kicks.
Alexander Isak (Newcastle): There tin lone beryllium one. The champion striker successful the Premier League, and the champion successful satellite shot presently successful my opinion. He has everything successful his game. Even though helium misses a fewer games present and determination done injury, helium was lone six goals down Salah. That's unbelievable erstwhile you deliberation he's missed much games than Salah and plays for a squad who conscionable astir got into the Champions League connected the past day.
Arne Slot (Liverpool): In his archetypal season, helium took Liverpool to the title. He handled each of the negativity with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk exceptionally good - and and looks arsenic though he's already connected a rotation with who he's going to get successful next. He's handled the media good too.
Honourable mentions for Eddie Howe and Nuno Espirito Santo. Newcastle did dip during the season, and Forest tailed disconnected towards the end, truthful they miss retired for that.
Do you hold with Troy's selections? Who would beryllium successful your squad of the season? Have your accidental utilizing the comments signifier below:
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