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Just a few games are left in the 2025\/26 Premier League season. Arsenal are sitting at the top of the pile, while West Ham United are staring relegation in the face \u2013 but who have been the best individual performers over the course of the campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, it\u2019s time \u2013 here is our Premier League team of the season. Unsurprisingly, it is largely dominated by Arsenal and Manchester City stars, but we\u2019ve also snuck in some players from Brentford, Brighton and West Ham.<\/p>\n This one is a real no-brainer. David Raya has been sensational this season \u2013 in terms of goalkeepers, the Spaniard has been in a league of his own.<\/p>\n A fantastic shot-stopper, he is the perfect goalkeeper for Arsenal right now. He sometimes struggles from set-pieces, but with William Saliba and Gabriel in front of him, it rarely matters. All in all, he has conceded a meagre 26 goals over the course of the season. <\/p>\n Matheus Nunes\u2019 shift to right-back has been one of Pep Guardiola\u2019s best success stories this season. The Spaniard might be leaving the club at the end of the campaign, but he has left them with one of the best full-backs in the world.<\/p>\n Previously, Matheus Nunes looked to be a lacklustre addition to the squad, struggling to make a name for himself at central midfield. At right-back, his strengths have been allowed to shine through \u2013 particularly, his excellent crossing ability.<\/p>\n Is Gabriel the best centre-back in the world right now? If we\u2019re solely looking at the Brazilian international\u2019s performances from this season, then the answer is an emphatic \u2018yes\u2019.<\/p>\n Gabriel is a warrior at the back \u2013 practically unbeatable in an aerial duel, he is also an almighty threat in the opposition box. In the current campaign, he has scored three goals and has notched up four assists.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll be honest \u2013 William Saliba might be more worthy of this spot when you consider the numbers, but Jan Paul van Hecke deserves commendation for having such a fantastic campaign in a much weaker squad. <\/p>\n With Lewis Dunk slowing down at the age of 34, more and more responsibility has been lumped on Van Hecke\u2019s shoulder. He has stepped up to the plate at every occasion \u2013 furthermore, he has also managed to rack up three goals and three assists from the heart of defence. <\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just a few games are left in the 2025\/26 Premier League season. Arsenal are sitting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}GK: David Raya<\/h2>\n
RB: Matheus Nunes<\/h2>\n
CB: Gabriel<\/h2>\n
CB: Jan Paul van Hecke<\/h2>\n