The ten best players of the 2023/24 Premier League season so far
More than half of the list is made up of title-chasing Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City players but there is room for those excelling elsewhere too.
More than half of the list is made up of title-chasing Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City players but there is room for those excelling elsewhere too.
Neither Arsenal nor Liverpool want to pay Kylian Mbappe’s wages but the bloke is 25 and has more Champions League and World Cup knockout goals than most.
The biggest humiliation is to be the subbed sub. Seven different players have suffered it this season and Vincent Kompany was behind more than half of them.
Spurs might have capitulated against Fulham but they actually improved their lowest possible Premier League finish this season over the weekend.
Arsenal have been picked for the most televised Premier League games so far this season and have leapfrogged Man City atop the Sky Sports and TNT table.
The Ivan Toney Self-Auction Tour is getting a little embarrassing, Nottingham Forest are their own worst enemy, Burnley sub subs and Luton will not die.
Everton cannot score for toffee so the wonderful form of a Wembley-bound striker they sold to balance unsalvageable books might not improve the mood.
Benjamin White is not the first player to withdraw himself from England duty. One Manchester United champion enjoyed a decent international career thereafter.
Jurgen Klopp has given more than 40 Liverpool academy graduates their senior debut and made almost £100m selling nine of them who only played 58 games.
England have let a few players slip through the same net which reeled Declan Rice and Jack Grealish in before. They might have lured Anthony Gordon in.
Kalvin Phillips was told he had to leave Manchester City and play more regularly to keep his England place for the Euros. He forgot to read the fine print.
England have probably tied Cole Palmer down but Kobbie Mainoo has joined Anthony Gordon and Liverpool star Curtis Jones on the radar of other nations.
The latest England squad is upon us – and there will be only one more before Euro 2024. It feels like Dominic Solanke is about to get Andy Cole’d.
Kylian Mbappe and Thomas Muller have both solidified their places in the top 10 for most Champions League knockout stage goals ever.
Mikel Arteta gambled a great deal of his stock and Arsenal’s enviable position on David Raya and Kai Havertz. They are Champions League quarter-finalists.
Liverpool have chosen Richard Hughes to help guide their brave new post-Klopp era and the Bournemouth sporting director’s CV includes some brilliant deals.
Diogo Jota has as many Premier League goals against fellow Big Six teams for Liverpool as Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, with only a handful ahead of him.
Phil Foden has scored more Premier League goals for Manchester City against Big Six teams than Erling Haaland in what is turning out to be quite the battle.
The dedicated trophy-dodger is at it again. Not everybody gets to win the Champions League. Where Djimi Traore triumphed, these icons failed…
There is league action of Champions, Europa, Conference and Premier variety to preview; Arsenal, John McGinn and a Man Utd manager target have work to do.
Jurgen Klopp, Jonny Evans, an Arsenal player answering Gary Neville and Zack Nelson are thriving, but Nottingham Forest and David Moyes just sound stupid.
There were stoppage-time goals in all three Saturday 3pm Premier League games, with huge ramifications in the relegation and Manager of the Year races.
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Man Utd have identified and will pursue their ‘ideal candidate’ for a head of recruitment role – even if it will leave Rio Ferdinand incredibly confused.
Does Erik ten Hag need to curb his touchline antics? He has as many Premier League yellow cards this season as Mikel Arteta and another manager so maybe.
Alexis Mac Allister, Newcastle, Marco Silva and Morgan Rogers all impressed but Nottingham Forest, Erik ten Hag and Ben Chilwell continue to struggle.
Manchester United might have surrendered to defeat at the Etihad but Marcus Rashford extended his lead for Premier League goals against the Big Six.
Erik ten Hag was begging to be sacked by Man Utd with those surrendering substitutions, with Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford having different evenings.
The sheer number of elite-level vacancies that have been confirmed or are expected ahead of this summer is mad. But the Liverpool job is not most tempting.