10 Players Who Will Rule Premier League In 2020/21

Don't expect to see David Luiz and Phil Jones make the cut.

Timo Werner
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The 2019/20 Premier League season certainly was a memorable one. As well as introducing new features such as the universally popular video assistant referee, the season would go down as the longest edition in history and the first to be see games right across the country played behind closed doors.

Luckily, the football continued to supply some of the most gripping and dramatic stories found anywhere on the planet. Whilst Liverpool's 30 year league drought was brought to a close at-a-canter, the race for the Champions League and battle for survival were both competitions fought right up until the final day of the season.

The likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Jordan Henderson, Danny Ings and Jamie Vardy all established themselves as the faces of the season with their leadership and impressive performances on the pitch, but there has already been an influx of new talent coming in ahead of the new season hoping to raise the bar. With Liverpool hoping to defend their title from Manchester City, the fight for Europe looking tastier than ever, and unknown quantities such as Leeds United making the relegation battle look harder to predict, here are ten players to look out for over the course of the 2020/21 Premier League season.

10. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham)

The winner of the 2019/20 Premier League Goal of the Season and consistently ranked as one of the most underrated players in the league, Son Heung-Min has all the traits needed to take the Premier League by storm. Having bagged 85 goals and 47 assists from his 229 appearances for Spurs, Son has established himself as one of the most dangerous forwards in the league following his transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.

The South Korean superstar is deadly on either foot, can break forward with pace, has tremendous agility and balance and is just as good supplying chances to the likes of Harry Kane as he is finishing them himself.

Even with a 2019/20 campaign that saw him miss six crucial games through injury, Son was still Tottenham's most valuable player in front of goal with 11 goals and 10 assists in the league alone. He averaged 2.90 shots per ninety, more than the likes of Kane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Anthony Martial, and his 1.47 key passes per game yielded an xA (Expected Assists) tally of -3.28 more assists than what he should have registered, showcasing his eye for an inch perfect pass.

All of these stats came for a side that, for the most part, was struggling to find anything resembling consistency as well. Son will undoubtedly prove to be one of the main men for Jose Mourinho's Tottenham next season and, with numbers like these, keeping him fit for the whole season could well be the difference between Europa and Champions League football for Spurs.

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