Jamie Carragher picks his Premier League staff of the season up to now on Monday Night time Soccer

Jamie Carragher picked his Premier League staff of the season up to now on Monday Night time Soccer.

Showing on the ultimate Monday Night time Soccer of the 12 months – by which Nottingham Forest had been overwhelmed by Fulham – the Sky Sports activities pundit selected his finest XI of the 2025-26 marketing campaign up to now.

A stats staff of the season and a Fananalysis staff of the season had been additionally picked alongside Carra’s model, and you may vote for the staff that you just assume is the most effective in our ballot under!

Learn on to search out out who was picked and why…

Jamie Carragher’s staff of the season

“I will go along with the Sunderland goalkeeper, Robin Roefs. I have been actually impressed with him, he is received the second-best xG prevention and had a superb begin to his Premier League profession for Sunderland, who’ve probably the greatest defensive data within the league, and he is been an enormous a part of it. It symbolises what Sunderland tried to do in the summertime as nicely, this sort of fairly ruthless strategy to usher in 14 new gamers. They recognised that Leeds and Burnley had been considerably higher as a Championship staff, so that they determined ‘we have to increase the usual proper throughout the staff’ and Roefs has actually typified that.

“I might say the appropriate again place might be essentially the most tough. I used to be actually near placing Timber in, who I am an enormous fan of. Additionally, Reece James, he is been excellent, however he is performed plenty of his soccer in central midfield. However each time I watch this man, implausible. A part of a extremely sturdy defensive unit till the final couple of video games that he wasn’t a part of, I ought to add. However I feel he is received three objectives, a few assists as nicely, so I feel he is implausible – Daniel Munoz.

“Mark Guehi – It was a tussle between him and [Maxence] Lacroix actually as nicely, I am actually impressed with Crystal Palace. However I went for Guehi, he is received just a few extra objectives as nicely. [William] Saliba’s missed just a few video games, he was shut as nicely. However Gabriel, sure, he is missed just a few video games as nicely. However I simply assume this season, I am going again to that objective he received at Newcastle, the management, how strongly he is been defensively as nicely. I feel it is an enormous miss for them, and they should get him again fast.

“[Riccardo] Calafiori actually, I thought he’d almost lost his position a little bit with Myles Lewis-Skelly coming in at the end of last season. He was brilliant, so I actually put him in my team of the season last season. So for him to get that starting position as well, he got the first goal I think at Old Trafford. And he’s not just a left back, he pops up all over the pitch as well, so he gets in as well.

“Formation clever, we have gone with a normal 4-2-3-1. So I’ve gone with [Granit] Xhaka and [Declan] Rice in there. The opposite one to place in was [Moises] Caicedo and that was a extremely robust one. I did not need to put all three as a result of I feel they’re virtually, not defensive, however I need to put an attacking midfield participant in there. I’ve clearly received Bruno Fernandes. I’ve stated I feel Rice simply has the sting on Caicedo.

“But I just felt the impact of Xhaka this season is the biggest impact of a signing or effect on a team. It feels like he’s just so important to Sunderland. So I just felt he had to be in the team. So I apologise to Chelsea fans, as I seem to do a lot! But no, I couldn’t find room for Caicedo because of those reasons. And also, I had to put Bruno Fernandes in. They’re going to miss him, he doesn’t miss too many games now he’s injured. But, I mean, you look at his numbers, I think he’s still created the most chances, maybe got the most assists in the Premier League, or certainly very close. He’s the outstanding chance creator in the Premier League even playing from a deeper position.

“[Erling] Haaland’s virtually a assure. He is up to now forward of anybody, 19 objectives in 17 video games. He is up to now forward of any striker. In his first season, he received over 40 [goals], did not he? He was actually near that, so he should be on to beat that document. Morgan Rogers on that left aspect. It was fascinating Rodgers and [Antoine] Semenyo in that. They’ve each had sensible seasons. However I do not assume there was an abundance of large gamers who had been coming to thoughts.

“[Jeremy] Doku has been really good. Phil Foden as well. But no, I think Rodgers is probably the most in-form player in the Premier League. And Semenyo, he’s probably gone off the boil a little bit in the last few weeks. There was a lot of talk about him moving on. But in the last few games, he got a couple of goals as well. He’s had a brilliant start to his Premier League season as well.”

Who’ve been the most effective three gamers up to now this season?

“Haaland and Rice would be certainly the two that would stand out right away. And I think Rogers is sort of just on their coattails. If you’re talking about a player of the year or something like that, or the player of the year so far at the halfway point, it’d be a toss up between Rice or Haaland.”