The curtain has officially come down on the 2025-26 Premier League season.
Players will depart and squads will be strengthened when the summer transfer window opens on Monday, 15 June.
With Wolves, Burnley and West Ham United all heading down to the Championship - would you be keen to poach any of their players?
Who would be good value for money and why? Which name would be best to avoid?
Opta have conjured up their Premier League team of the season based on data collected throughout the 2025-26 Premier League campaign.
One Nottingham Forest player has been selected in the XI following a mixed campaign, which saw the Reds finish five points clear of the relegation zone after making three managerial changes.
On Elliot Anderson, Opta said: Nottingham Forest's season may have had an element of chaos to it, being the first-ever team to have four permanent managers in a single Premier League season, but the ever-present Anderson provided a degree of stability.
Among all the players, he had the most touches (3,300), won the most duels (297), won the most fouls (80) and won the most possession overall (306).
Among the central midfielders, he made the most line-breaking passes (376), completed the most overall passes (2,038) and made the most dribbles (95).
He was the first player to win possession more than 300 times and make more than 100 tackles in a Premier League season since Declan Rice in 2019-20. In addition, his 297 duels won were the best by an English midfielder in a campaign since records began in 2006-07.
He worked hard out of possession too, with his 1,895 high-intensity pressures being the most applied by a central midfielder.
Read the rest of Opta's picks here - and cross-reference it with Troy Deeney's team of the season here
Manchester City are prioritising a move for Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson as they look to kick-start the post-Pep Guardiola era. (Mail), external
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Pat Riddell
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesSeason score out of 10 and overriding emotion?
3/10... possibly 4/10. It has literally been a season of four parts - four different managers and four different sets of emotions. From the excitement at the start of the season, to almost immediate disappointment, dissolution, and then hope and pride again.
Best moment and why?
Was it taking a 1-0 lead into the second leg of our Europa League semi-final? Was it beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield? Or was it thrashing Sunderland 5-0 when we were desperately fighting relegation? For a disappointing season, there has been a number of moments - but perhaps just being in Europe for the first time in 30 years was a season-long high.
Player of season and why?
Neco Williams was the frontrunner for a long time - throughout the good and the bad, he was unbelievably consistent. But it is impossible not to mention Elliot Anderson, whose statistics prove he is already an elite player. However, it was Morgan Gibbs-White who really shone in the final run-in. He produced possibly the best form of his life, which makes his England exclusion all the more baffling. His 18 goals and seven assists is still only half the story - his commitment, dedication and work-rate are on another level.
Unsung hero and why?
Ibrahim Sangare is perhaps the quiet revelation of this season. The record signing from almost three years ago has finally proven he is the player many of us knew he could be, even after contracting malaria as well as numerous injuries. Our midfield looked bereft without him in the games he wasn't available.
Biggest disappointment?
Appointing Ange Postecoglou. Everybody knew it was doomed - except the board. In some ways, it is better that it went even worse than imagined and he was gone before any further damage was done.
What needs to change this summer?
Our transfer policy because it didn't exactly go to plan last summer. I imagine several of those signings might be off to other clubs, but the squad needs Premier League-ready players to really strengthen.
Major hope for next season?
To actually have a relatively steady season of growth and progression. Staying well clear of the bottom three and pushing hard for top 10, or even higher, would represent a level of success after some of the turmoil we have been through.
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Manchester City are leading the race to sign Elliot Anderson, with the Nottingham Forest midfielder leaning towards a move to Etihad Stadium instead of rivals Manchester United.
There is a growing expectation Anderson will leave the City Ground this summer.
United are unwilling to overpay, or get drawn into protracted negotiations.
No deal has been struck between Forest and City and the clubs are far apart on their valuation for the 23-year-old, meaning the situation could still change.
