The end of the Premier League season is upon us and that means the nominees have been released for the Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year awards.
As usual, there is fervent debate about whether those nominated are deserving of their place and plenty of controversy around who missed out as well.
For Player of the Year, Mohamed Salah leads the way and is joined by Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold, West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen and Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo and Kevin De Bruyne. Bukayo Saka, Son Heung-min and James Ward-Prowse have also been nominated.
Young Player of the Year sees Saka and Alexander-Arnold nominated again, while Phil Foden, Conor Gallagher, Tyrick Mitchell, Mason Mount, Aaron Ramsdale and Declan Rice finish off the list.
But as usual, plenty of brilliant players have missed out on being shortlisted for both awards.
Here’s an incredible starting XI of players we feel could have been nominated for the 2021-22 Premier League Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards.
GK: Ederson
Ederson is likely to win his fourth Premier League title in 2021-22 and is going toe to toe with Alisson for this year’s golden glove.
But we’ve chucked him in here ahead of the Liverpool number one for one reason, and one reason only: this sort of stuff. Yeah, he made the mistake, but he also dealt with it.
Plus he’s more fun. Which you’ll see is pretty much a requirement to make this team.
Just look at how Pep reacts.
Pep Guardiola reaction Ederson risky play against 2-2 Liverpool#Guardiola #ManCity #Ederson #Liverpool #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/TanVvYEvEB
— Paulo Duarte (@Pjota___) April 13, 2022
RB: Reece James
It makes sense that Trent Alexander-Arnold has pipped Reece James as the representative for right-backs in the nominations, but the England international is still some player.
There are few players in the world who have the combination of defensive awareness and attacking prowess that James does. Do you…
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