In our analysis, we evaluate all the English Players who played in the Top 7 European League in the 2023/24 Season (until 2024-05-08). In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in all the competitions. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances in the specific positions. As a matter of fact, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
| National Team | Games Played | Wins | Draws | Loses | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference | Points |
| England | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 20 |
| Italy | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| North Macedonia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 8 |
| Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 0 |
England qualified for the Euro 2024 in first place in its Qualifying Group. Despite being the favourites to win this group, England were excellent. As can be seen in the table above, England finished the Euro 2024 Qualification without defeast and with only 4 goals conceded in 8 games.
Particularly for England, the Euro 2024 will be the fourth European Competition in a row. In terms of the group drawn, England will play Denmark, Slovenia and Serbia. When assessing the National Teams in England’s group, we can say that this group is difficult but we expect England to top it.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Nick Pope (Newcastle – Premier League)
- Jordan Pickford (Everton – Premier League)
- Jason Steele (Brighton – Premier League)
- Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace – Premier League)
- James Trafford (Burnley – Premier League)
As shown above, Nick Pope is the Best Performing English Goalkeeper but Jordan Pickford has a lot more minutes played. While playing for Everton, Jordan Pickford is having a good season in the Premier League achieving the 2nd highest average rating among English Goalkeepers.
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Lewis Dunk (Brighton – Premier League)
- Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan – Serie A)
- Jarell Quansah (Liverpool – Premier League)
- Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa – Premier League)
- Eric Dier (Bayern Munich – Bundesliga)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Lewis Dunk leads the average rating of English Centre-Backs. Equally, we can see that he is being followed by AC Milan’s Fikayo Tomori.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- Kieran Trippier (Newcastle – Premier League)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool – Premier League)
- Kyle Walker (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon – Ligue 1)
- Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa – Premier League)
As shown above, we can see that Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier archived the highest average ratings among English Full-Backs and Wing-Backs. Being, without doubt, quality players, Trent Alexander-Arnold & Kyle Walker are two of the best performing players in this positions.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid – La Liga)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal – Premier League)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea – Premier League)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal – Premier League)
As a result of his great impact in Real Madrid’s style of play, Jude Bellingham has the highest average rating among all English Midfielders and Wingers. Another case of great impact is Bukayo Saka & Cole Palmer: while playing for good teams, they are having incredible performances.
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich – Bundesliga)
- Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa – Premier League)
- Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth – Premier League)
- Jarrod Bowen (West Ham – Premier League)
- Ivan Toney (Brentford – Premier League)
As can be seen in the graph above, Harry Kane has the highest average rating among all English Centre-Fowards. As a result of their performances, Harry Kane and even Ollie Watkins are significantly ahead of their competition in this position.
THE TOP 26 SQUAD – TOP PERFORMING PLAYERS:
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid – La Liga)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal – Premier League)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich – Bundesliga)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea – Premier League)
- Lewis Dunk (Brighton – Premier League)
All things considered, England has a lot of players competing in the Top 7 European Leagues. Therefore, we can say that the Top 3 of this list features some incredible players like Jude Bellingham from Real Madrid, Bukayo Saka from Arsenal and Harry Kane from Bayern Munich.
As shown above, Jude Bellingham is the Best Performing Young English player in the Top 7 European Leagues!
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PLAYERS REVIEW: GERMANY – EURO 2024
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Data from FBref.