Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland
“Who is the best player in the Premier League? It’s a simple question with a complicated answer, one that The Athletic will attempt to answer throughout the 2026-27 campaign. We’re launching our Premier League Player Rankings, with the aim of using form, data and the eye tests of Phil Hay and Tim Spiers to assess exactly who the league’s top 50 footballers are. Our list will be updated every month and we start in August with one eye on last season’s performances while looking ahead to what we might expect from these gifted players in 2026-27. … If that outrages you, by all means, head to the comments, but have a gander at the list first and tell us who should miss out instead, because the competition is fierce. Right, to the rankings! …”
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Through on goal, beating the goalkeeper — a familiar sight for Ismaila Sarr