Welcome to the March internationals, the Christmas eve of the world schedule — this is the last break before this summer's Euro 2024 and Copa America.
We're about three quarters of the way through the Premier League campaign and award season will soon be in full swing.
Here at, we're getting in the spirit of it early. These are our picks for the team of the season so far.
When Tottenham walked away from negotiations to sign David Raya and instead turned to the relatively unknown Guglielmo Vicario, question marks were raised about their decision-making and recruitment.
But the Italian has exceeded every expectation set of him by miles and is clearly one of the Premier League's best goalkeepers. He's certainly been the best over the course of this season.
There are very, very, very few full-backs in history who would have been capable of playing the way that Trent Alexander-Arnold does.
He's been outstanding once again for Liverpool this season, whether going down the touchline and delivering crosses or coming infield and creating overloads.
How many players can say they just walked into the Premier League and became one of the best defenders by a considerable distance by the age of 22?
What William Saliba is achieving with Arsenal is incredible, marshalling one of the world's meanest backlines with the maturity of a seasoned veteran.
It would have been fair to assume after last season that Virgil van Dijk was past his best.
Liverpool's newest captain has silenced a lot of critics this year, reestablishing his place at the top of the league's centre-back food chain.
There may be a lack of quality left-backs right now, but that doesn't diminish what Destiny Udogie has done this year.
Prior to this season, he'd very rarely played as an
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