Jumping the gun a bit, but we reckon these are each Premier League team’s player of the World Cup, from a centre-back conceding seven goals in three games to a guy we can’t believe plays for Brighton…
Arsenal: Bukayo Saka (England)
Luke Shaw said what we were all thinking: “I would just love it if he was my child.” From the looks of it, Saka is just as important to England off the pitch as on it. His ‘Spelling School’ has his teammates in stitches and he appears to be that guy in the group everyone wants to sit next to at lunch. We bet he would give a great hug, but he would be in danger of us never letting go. He’s also been at his slippery best on the pitch for England, and please, please, please let him smash in his next penalty.
Aston Villa: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
Matty Cash was the man until Emiliano Martinez knocked him off his perch with his penalty heroics for Argentina against the Netherlands and his blunt advice for Louis van Gaal.
Bournemouth: Kiefffer Moore (Wales)
Slim pickings for Bournemouth, whose ony other option was compatriot Chris Mepham, who was fine, but Moore gets the nod for his 45 minutes against the USA. He entirely changed the game for Wales, who had been battered in the first half before Moore came on, ran the channels and held the ball up. We’re not convinced he touched the ball in the next 180 minutes against Iran and England, but hey-ho.
Brentford: Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon)
The Brentford Danes didn’t really do all that much. Let’s face it, Denmark didn’t do all that much. David Raya didn’t get on for Spain and Saman Ghoddos played just 45 minutes for Iran. So, Mbeumo gets in, sort of by default, though he did typical Mbeumo type things: running fast (occasionally too fast to keep the ball under control) and getting into good positions before making poor decisions.
Brighton: Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina)
Let us first address the elephant in the room: it is proper weird that a player starting, scoring and winning alongside possibly the greatest footballer of all time for Argentina plays for Brighton. It makes no sense. To outplay said greatest footballer of all time in the crunch game against Poland to prevent mass hysteria and a national crisis makes even less sense. And he’s only 23.
Chelsea: Thiago Silva (Brazil)
The Chelsea players are rather enjoying their time away from Stamford Bridge this winter. Christian Pulisic, Kai Havertz, Raheem Sterling and Hakim Ziyech have…
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