![]() ![]() Salah and Haaland - Of the four aforementioned players to have missed a chunk of time, these two have the star status and the goal numbers to overcome their time away from their team. Saka has only gotten better in recent seasons. The leadership on display plus the chance for voters to elect an Englishman for the first time since Jamie Vardy in 2015-16 may be this X-factor’s X-factor.īukayo Saka, Arsenal - Twenty goal contributions despite being targeted by midfielders and defenders anxious to put him off his game. He’s averaging the league’s most accurate passes per 90 minutes, and accurate long balls per 90.ĭeclan Rice, Arsenal - Is he the favorite? Rice has been everything Arsenal needed in a center mid and carries the rare distinction of being a clear and big upgrade at a position that was already functional at Arsenal. This season he’s already chipped in his most goal contributions in a City shirt (12 - 6g, 6a through 24 appearances). Rodri is asked to do everything and does it well. Is this season the right time for his best overall contributor of every season. Rodri, Manchester City - Pep Guardiola’s watched his center forward win one of these, his playmaking midfielder win two, and his best center back claim another. Premier League Player of the Season candidates - Top performer on possible title team What Son’s done at Spurs has been helped by Maddison, no doubt, but the South Korea has filled a monumental void in style. Salah, Haaland, and Son only trail Ollie Watkins in goal contributions and Watkins has played a bunch more minutes. ![]() Heung-min Son hasn’t been hurt but missed a load of time for the Asian Cup, while James Maddison has been sensational but also missed a long time with injury. Mohamed Salah is set to miss at least the same amount time after his injury’s been added to his AFCON absence. Haaland missed more than a month through injury and still leads the Golden Boot chase. ![]() Premier League Player of the Season candidates - Exceptional seasons with asterisks So let’s take a look at who might claim the honors from a wild season in the Premier League that still has about 1/3 of the way to play. Pep Guardiola made the case for Phil Foden on Sunday while several corners are pointing to Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins. And long-term absences for Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, and Heung-min Son give voters another variable despite the big numbers attached to the top offensive performers. That won’t happen this year regardless of how you feel about Ross Barkley, Morgan Gibbs-White, Vini Souza, Josh Brownhill or whoever is the MVP of an PLRC (Premier League relegated club). Years ago, Gareth Bale (Spurs) and Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) won the honor far off the title while Juninho Paulista was named the 1996-97 winner despite his Middlesbrough being relegated. Take Erling Haaland’s record-shattering season for Man City last year or Virgil van Dijk’s role in Liverpool’s 2018-19 campaign.īut this is an award that is more than a simple choice of picking the best player on the title-winning squad, though in recent years it’s usually swung that way. Some years there is very little to debate when it comes to the identity of the Premier League Player of the Season. ![]()
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