Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have picked their Premier League teams of the season, with the Sky Sports duo differing on just two players.
Neville and Carragher appeared on the final Monday Night Football show of the season as Arsenal hosted Burnley at The Emirates – with the pair revisiting their predictions before a ball was kicked in the 2025-26 campaign.
And after establishing that Neville’s crystal ball worked better than Carragher’s, attention turned to the Premier League team of the season.
Both pundits’ XIs consisted heavily of Arsenal and Man City stars – with both teams battling it out for the title – with both selecting David Raya, William Saliba, Gabriel, Nico O’Reilly, Declan Rice, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo and Erling Haaland.
They also both picked Man United captain Bruno Fernandes after his record-breaking campaign in which he has provided 20 assists.
But Neville and Carragher differed on a couple of calls.
Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have selected their Premier League teams of the season
The Sky Sports duo agreed on nine names as they revealed their teams on Monday evening
Carragher selected Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku, while Neville went for Jurrien Timber and Igor Thiago
At right back, Neville elected for Arsenal right back Jurrien Timber, while Carragher picked City counterpart Matheus Nunes, while Carragher selected Jeremy Doku on the right wing while Neville went for Silva, with Brentford’s Igor Thiago playing up front alongside Haaland.
‘I went with Nunes and O’Reilly because at the start of the season, when I saw who Man City had at full-back, I didn’t think for one minute they could win trophies or challenge for the title,’ Carragher said.
‘Nunes is a midfield player but he plays every game, he’s consistent, brilliant defensively and really good on the ball. Timber has had a few injuries. Doku has been fantastic.’
Neville justified his selections by saying: ‘I was toying between Elliott Anderson in midfield and putting Bernardo Silva somewhere else, he was my last pick. I was unequivocal at right-back. Timber has been injured the last couple of months, but he’s the best right-back in the league by a mile. He has it all.’
Elsewhere, Neville named Fernandes his player of the season while Carragher plumped for Arsenal star Rice.
Neville called Bruno Fernandes his player of the season but Carragher chose Declan Rice
‘I could say Declan Rice, Gabriel, Bernardo Silva, but Bruno getting level with Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry puts him in the very best company in terms of what the Premier League has to offer creativity,’ Neville explained.
‘I could look a fool in a couple of weeks as Rice and Gabriel could end up with a Premier League title and Champions League double, but Bruno deserves it for playing and persisting in a struggling team for half the season and then excelling in the way he has.
‘Before Christmas, the walls were closing in and it was like the world was ending at Man Utd with what was going on. They were in a desperate situation. They turned it around against Arsenal and City, have beaten Liverpool twice and Chelsea. If you don’t play well, you get criticised heavily.’
Carragher argued: ‘I’m a huge fan of Bruno Fernandes, but you’re picking a player whose games haven’t had any real jeopardy. I’d go with Declan Rice. He was outstanding in the Champions League semi-finals against Atletico Madrid.
‘He’s been a driving force for Arsenal. He dropped off a little bit around the Man City games and the cup final was because of a little bit of fatigue. They’ve constantly been playing midweek games because they’re in all the competitions.
‘Man Utd went out of both cup competitions; they didn’t have Europe, I can’t think of many big games that Bruno has been involved in.’
