Premier League 2025-26 Team of the Season: Bruno Fernandes, Declan Rice, Dominik Szoboszlai

The 2025-26 Premier League play was 1 for the annals; the all-time quality record was broken, the youngest goalscorer record was broken, Pep Guardiola vacated his Etihad bureau and a VAR decision astir decided the destiny of the title.

Amid each the on-field and off-field chaos, Mikel Arteta's five-phase Arsenal program yet bore fruit, arsenic the Gunners ended their torturous 22-year hold for different portion of Premier League glory astatine the disbursal of Manchester City and faltering holders Liverpool.

The soon-to-be-Guardiola-less Sky Blues astatine slightest secured Champions League shot alongside the Reds, Aston Villa and Michael Carrick's Manchester United, who person seen acceptable to reward their erstwhile midfielder with a imperishable managerial contract.

By handing the reins to Carrick, the Red Devils overlooked Andoni Iraola, departing Bournemouth aft guiding the Cherries to European shot for the archetypal clip ever; they volition beryllium joined successful the Europa League by nary different than newly-promoted Sunderland.

The Black Cats sealed a seventh-placed decorativeness astatine the disbursal of Chelsea, who volition not beryllium successful immoderate European contention adjacent season, besides losing retired to Brighton & Hove Albion for a spot successful the Conference League.

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur's plights were further impervious that the accepted Big Six is nary more, but Spurs astatine slightest staved disconnected relegation successful a nerve-wracking last day, arsenic West Ham United were alternatively sent down alongside the doomed Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley.

As the particulate settles connected different 9 months of unforgettable action, Sports Mole whittles down the division's champion players to bring you our Premier League Team of the Season, with immoderate honourable mentions on the way.

Goalkeeper: David Raya (Arsenal)

That prevention against Mateus Fernandes. That prevention against Yankuba Minteh. That prevention against Kevin Schade. And many, galore much that we simply bash not person clip to list.

Winner of a 3rd successive Golden Glove - a feat lone Pepe Reina, Ederson and Joe Hart person besides achieved successful the Premier League, David Raya kept a cleanable expanse successful implicit fractional of his Premier League appearances, registering 19 shut-outs successful 37 matches.

No Arsenal goalkeeper has ever registered much successful a PL run - David Seaman besides managed 19 successful 1993-94 and 1998-99 - but Raya's title-winning feats whitethorn inactive not beryllium capable to gain him Spain's fig 1 jersey astatine the World Cup.

Honourable mentions: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City), Robin Roefs (Sunderland), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)

Right-back: Jurrien Timber (Arsenal)

Before a enigma wounded unexpectedly ruled him retired of the last 2 months of the season, Jurrien Timber played a pivotal relation successful galore of Raya's aforementioned cleanable sheets, portion besides demonstrating an improved interaction astatine the different end.

The 1v1 specializer registered 9 extremity involvements from 30 appearances astatine right-back, successful summation to making 66 tackles, proving a nightmare for left-wingers up and down the land.

Honourable mentions: Matheus Nunes (Man City), Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland), Michael Kayode (Brentford)

Centre-backs: William Saliba (Arsenal), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal)

Ever since William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes paired up successful the 2022-23 season, 1 has often been the bridesmaid and the different the bride erstwhile it comes to squad of the play nominations.

However, 2 centre-backs who helmed a defence that conceded conscionable 27 goals were automatic picks, arsenic good arsenic 1 who made arsenic captious contributions astatine the different extremity of the field.

Seven extremity involvements for Gabriel represented the Brazilian's champion instrumentality successful a top-flight season, portion lone 2 players - Ezri Konsa and Ruben Dias - registered a amended walk completion percent than Saliba's 93.1%.

Honourable mentions: Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth), Marc Guehi (Man City), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Daniel Ballard (Sunderland)

Left-back: Nico O'Reilly (Man City)

An evident victor of the Young Player of the Year prize, Nico O'Reilly whitethorn precise good person made himself England's starting left-back astatine the World Cup acknowledgment to his displays implicit the past 9 months.

The latest of the versatile Guardiola disciples, O'Reilly - transformed into a bulldozing left-back aft coming done arsenic a fig 10 - has not mislaid his attacking instincts, claiming 5 goals and 3 assists successful the league season.

Honourable mentions: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham), Luke Shaw (Man United)

Right midfield: Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool)

Arne Slot accurately labelled Liverpool's laborious 2025-26 play arsenic "injury", but Dominik Szoboszlai did his utmost to heal the Reds' wounds, whether helium was firing successful ferocious escaped kicks oregon mounting up teammates.

The Hungary planetary managed six goals and 7 assists successful the apical formation alone, and reached treble figures successful some categories successful each competitions - the archetypal Liverpool midfielder to bash truthful since Steven Gerrard successful 2013-14.

Honourable mentions: Bryan Mbeumo (Man United), Harry Wilson (Fulham), Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)

Central midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Man United), Declan Rice (Arsenal)

The representation supra not lone displays the 2 champion midfielders successful the 2025-26 Premier League season, but arguably the 2 champion players successful the 2025-26 Premier League season.

Captain and creator extraordinaire, Fernandes present looks down connected Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, having amassed an unparalleled 21 assists passim the Premier League play portion besides scoring 9 of his own.

Fernandes acceptable up 10 much goals than Rice managed involvements successful the campaign, but the Arsenal metronome's crippled is not wholly defined by goals oregon assists - though they inactive travel consistently for the £105m man.

It was Rice's corners that acceptable up Arsenal's important winners against Man United and Newcastle successful the aboriginal stages of the season, and if the Englishman tin adhd Champions League and World Cup medals to his CV this year, thing something Ballon d'Or.

Honourable mentions: Casemiro (Man United), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Bernardo Silva (Man City), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Granit Xhaka (Sunderland), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)

Left midfield: Antoine Semenyo (Man City)

Sticking with the taxable of transformative signings, Antoine Semenyo succeeded wherever the likes of Phil Foden and Savinho failed for Manchester City this season, seamlessly adapting to Guardiola's rigid system.

Excelling successful some reddish and achromatic and entity blue, Semenyo struck 17 goals successful the 2025-26 Premier League campaign, bringing a caller consciousness of directness, vigour and robustness to City's menacing attack.

However, what is possibly adjacent much awesome than the Ghanaian's numbers, is Bournemouth extending their bonzer unbeaten tally aft parting ways with their astir influential subordinate - oregon truthful it seemed.

Honourable mentions: Rayan Cherki (Man City), Eli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth), Rayan (Bournemouth)

Strikers: Erling Haaland (Man City), Igor Thiago (Brentford)

South America and Scandinavian strikers combined to occurrence successful a phenomenal 49 goals betwixt them during the top-flight campaign, successful which the latter's Golden Boot was momentarily nether threat.

However, Erling Haaland yet near Igor Thiago successful his aftermath to instrumentality location a 3rd apical scorer accolade successful 4 seasons, and the 25-year-old besides finishing 4th successful the assistance charts - with 8 - could easy alert nether the radar too.

Speaking of flying, Thiago volition beryllium flying to the World Cup with Brazil aft re-writing the Brentford grounds books, becoming the highest Premier League scorer successful a azygous run for the Bees with 22 strikes.

Despite the breakup of the Ivan Toney-Bryan Mbeumo-Yoane Wissa trident, Thiago and co person ensured Brentford stay an violative unit to beryllium reckoned with, but his exploits were inactive not capable to fulfil the Bees' European dream.

Honourable mentions: Joao Pedro (Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Brighton), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds), Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

Sports Mole's Premier League Team of the Season