Nice straightforward one, this. For each Premier League manager, we’ve listed the three players he has picked most often while in charge of his current club. It’s 292 and out for Pep Guardiola and Raheem Sterling.
These numbers are for all competitions so that the promoted clubs can join in. But it doesn’t include pre-season tish and fipsy so Manchester United cannot join in.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal, 130 matches)
Bukayo Saka 111, Alexandre Lacazette 103, Granit Xhaka 100
Saka, Laca and Xhaka. Has a nice ring to it. Nicolas Pepe is a wild fourth on this list, while Saka’s place at the top despite still being only 20 is remarkable really. Gunners will hope Gabriel Jesus can replicate Lacazette’s 29 goals rather quicker than his 103 appearances.
Steven Gerrard (Aston Villa, 28 matches)
Matty Cash 28; Emiliano Martinez, Tyrone Mings, Ollie Watkins, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendia 27
Eight players in all have featured in at least 25 of Gerrard’s 28 Villa matches to date, while Philippe Coutinho featured in all 19 of Villa’s Premier League games after his January arrival.
Thomas Frank (Brentford, 191 matches)
Sergi Canos 141, Rico Henry 139, Bryan Mbuemo 134
Canos and Henry have been at Brentford throughout Frank’s reign, but Frank’s favourite player of all is Christian Norgaard, who he handed a Denmark U16 debut in 2009 and then signed for both Brondby and Brentford.
Scott Parker (Bournemouth, 50 matches)
Dominic Solanke and Jaidon Anthony 48, Mark Travers 46
Slightly surprised at this early stage not to see more goalkeepers in these, so well done Mark Travers for joining Emi Martinez on what is currently an exclusive list. Will it grow? Probably. Excited to find out.
Graham Potter (Brighton, 127 matches)
Neal Maupay 108, Lewis Dunk 104, Leandro Trossard and Pascal Gross 103
Can’t lie, we weren’t expecting anyone to get the better of Dunk here, but his 104 appearances have yielded over 1300 minutes more on-pitch action than Maupay’s 108.
Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea, 92 matches)
Mason Mount 79, Antonio Rudiger 78, Cesar Azplicueta 73
Remember when Chelsea cruelly shot Bambi and brought in some Jonny Foreigner who probably wouldn’t have any interest in picking a young English talent like Mount? Ah well. Mount likely to stay top of this list for a while you’d imagine, but some change incoming in the minor places. Edouard Mendy is on 72 with Jorginho and Reece James not much further back.
Patrick Vieira (Crystal Palace, 44…
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