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Centre Midfield: Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)
Alexis Sanchez was the Gunners sole representative in the PFA version of the team of the year but Cazorla has been more integral to their excellent form in the second half of the season. Sanchez has more goals to his name but the cultured Spaniard has more assists and is Arsenal’s most consistent mover of the ball.
His form beside Francis Coquelin in the engine room of Arsene Wenger’s midfield since Christmas has been impressive and he has been Arsenal’s Mr versatile, filling in on the left and in a more advanced midfield role.
Full of work, energy and creative guile, he assures Arsenal of a shift wherever he plays.
Right Midfield: Phillipe Coutinho (Liverpool)
The Brazilian’s form has been a rare bright spot for Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool this season, scoring five goals and assisting five more while also signing a new long-term contract. The 22-year-old has shown signs he can morph into a match-winner for Liverpool and his quick-feet and boundless energy has been too difficult for teams to deal with at times this season.
In the Liverpool squad, nobody has completed more dribbles or taken more shots while only Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling have created more chances. In the absence of Luis Suarez, Coutinho has become Liverpool’s most serious attacking threat, though he still has to become more clinical.
Faced with another crucial summer of recruitment, Rodgers can do worse than build his team around his gifted playmaker.
Left Midfield: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Becoming Chelsea’s fifth player on this team the Belgian has been the talismanic presence that has elevated Mourinho’s team above the contenders. 14 goals have been scored, including vital winners in games with Manchester United and West Ham, and he has the league-best total for chances created and dribbles completed.
His nimble-footed drives towards the opposition are a nightmare for defenders who have fouled him 110 times, another league-high. The 24-year-old was the outstanding candidate for PFA Player of the Year.
Centre Forward- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
The PFA’s Young Player of the Year has been one of the season’s best stories. Restricted by manager Mauricio Pochettino to a bit-part cup game role before November, Kane burst onto the Premier League scene with a winner at Aston Villa and has not looked back, hitting 19 more to sit on a total of 20 with one game to go, while in all competitions he has hit 31.
His uncontainable dynamism in front of goal swept Chelsea and Arsenal away at White Hart Lane while he also did for West Brom, QPR and Leicester with displays of deadly finishing. Strong, fearless and clever on the move in the mould of Alan Shearer, the 21-year-old was rewarded for his unexpected rise with an England call-up in March, where he scored on his debut.
Now held up as the example for all young talent to aspire to, and linked with a move to Manchester United, his future promises to be very bright indeed.
Centre Forward: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Now above Harry Kane in the Premier League scoring charts with 25 and on a personal best for a campaign with 31 despite missing a large portion of the season with injury, it has been a superb return from the Argentine who has been the stand-out player in City’s feeble defence of their title.
Blessed with a freakishly low centre of gravity and a wonderful balance, Aguero can often appear impossible for defenders to stop and he can run riot with ruthless accuracy in-front of goal when he is given the service.
Despite the huge overhaul planned for City’s squad this summer, keep Aguero, get him regularly fit and they will be some way to returning a genuine challenge to wrestle the title back next season.
