Gary Neville has selected the ‘beautiful’ Martin Odegaard of Arsenal as his choice for the Premier League Player of the Season for the 2023-24 term.
With a tally of eight goals and an equal number of assists in 34 Premier League matches, Odegaard has delivered a string of stellar performances this season.
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As captain of Arsenal, he is determined to steer the Gunners to their first premier league triumph in two decades. However, they find themselves in a nail-biting contest with Manchester City for the title.
While the outcome of the title chase remains uncertain, Neville is unwavering in his belief that Odegaard stands out as the league’s most outstanding player.
‘I didn’t have to think about it at all,’ Neville told Sky Sports. ‘I think every game I’ve watched of Arsenal, he’s a beautiful player.
‘He knits everything together. I love Rice, I love Foden, but for me that is an absolute unbelievable football player.
‘He’s the best player in the league I’ve seen this season on a regular basis. He takes the balls on the half-turn, tries to play them through – the right type of passes.
‘If he had, for instance, a striker who made those little darting runs like an Aguero, the amount of chances he creates is unbelievable. I think that’s his peak this season.’
Fellow pundit Jamie Carragher chose to pick a player from the Man City camp as his Player of the Season, with the Liverpool legend going for Phil Foden.
‘I spent all day thinking about this and my two were Foden and Palmer,’ Carragher said.
‘The reason I didn’t go for Palmer, perhaps this is wrong to say this but Chelsea having a bad season and not playing in the Champions League – I could’ve tossed a coin on it.
‘It feels like a breakout season for Foden, and now he’s one of the main players in the team. If you remember the Champions League final, he was on the bench.
‘City win the treble, he’s involved, but he wouldn’t have felt what he feels this season. He feels central to everything they’re doing.’
