Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have named their 2023/24 Premier League Teams of the Season so far with some debatable inclusions/exclusions.
Neither Sky Sports pundit named a single player from Unai Emery’s title-chasing Aston Villa, with the West Midlanders currently occupying second place in the table.
Granted, their selections aren’t to be taken too seriously but to leave out the likes of Ollie Watkins and Douglas Luiz is a small surprise.
Villa have won nine of their ten home games this season in England’s elite which includes famous victories over Arsenal and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
Aston Villa 2023/24 Stats
Aston Villa have been the surprise package this season and their 2023/24 Premier League stats are hugely impressive. Not only do they have a near-perfect home record, they have scored 29 times on home soil and conceded just eight times.
Only Newcastle have conceded less at home (7) and nobody has scored more times on home turf than Villa which is a huge testament to Unai Emery’s excellent work since he took charge of the club in November 2022. However, Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher both overlooked his talented squad.
If Villa do end up in a UEFA Champions League spot, with the best UK betting sites pricing Villa at 11/10 to do so, or even secure another top seven finish in 2023/24, surely the Sky duo will find room for some of Emery’s players when the select their full Teams of the Season at the end of the campaign.
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Gary Neville’s Team of the Season
Gary Neville’s Team of the Season so far contains four Liverpool stars, two players each from Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham and one from West Ham United. Neville opted for a 4-2-4 formation.
In goal is Alisson with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Destiny Udogie at full-back with Virgil van Dijk and William Saliba as centre-backs. Declan Rice and Rodri are his defensive midfielders.
In attack, Mo Salah is a wide right-winger with Son Heung-Min on the opposite flank. Jarred Bowen is picked up front with this season’s leading scorer Erling Haaland as his partner.
Neville’s Team: Alisson; Trent, Saliba, Van Dijk, Udogie; Rodri, Rice; Salah, Bowen, Haaland, Son.
Jamie Carragher’s Team Of The Season
Jamie Carragher’s Team of the Season so far contains three Liverpool and three Tottenham stars, two from Arsenal and one each from Chelsea, Manchester City and West Ham. Carragher went with a standard 4-3-3 formation.
In goal is Guglielmo Vicario with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Destiny Udogie at full-back with Virgil van Dijk and William Saliba as centre-backs. Cole Palmer, Declan Rice and Bernardo Silva are in midfield.
Up top, Mo Salah, Jarred Bowen and Son Heung-Min are all given the nod with no room for Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland, which was a slight surprise.
Carragher’s Team: Vicario; Trent, Saliba, Van Dijk, Udogie; Palmer, Rice, Silva; Salah, Bowen, Son.
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