Liverpool pair ranked among the top 10 full-backs and wing-backs of the Premier League season

Manchester City and Liverpool have a couple of full-back representatives each, while at least two more of these ten are on their radars.

10) Matty Cash

Had Cash been told in the summer that he would become a full international attracting £40m interest from Atletico Madrid under the management of Steven Gerrard this season, the 24-year-old would have feared for his safety and demanded that you were removed from the premises. But he is headed to the World Cup as Poland’s new right-back as just reward for his model consistency.

9) Rayan Ait-Nouri

By December, the suggestion was that Wolves would have to resist attention in the 20-year-old from Liverpool, Manchester City and Spurs, with half of any sale proceeds due to Angers as part of the initial deal. Ait-Nouri certainly earned those admirers with some standout performances, dislodging Marcal from the starting line-up after two frustrating months and rarely surrendering that place outside of injury and rotation requirements.

8) Tino Livramento

2022 Academy Player of the Year award winner Harvey Vale has an even more overbearing shadow from which to emerge following Livramento’s debut senior campaign. The teenager could have stayed at Stamford Bridge and waited patiently for his chance but instead branched out and trusted his talents. So, too, did Ralph Hasenhuttl, who leaned on the Englishman extensively until his knee issues surfaced in December before being exacerbated in April. The forlorn hope is that he can return in 2023 at something close to his potential.

It's nearly time for the players to decide the PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year… this is who I'd nominate:

POTY: Salah (), Rice, Trent, Sa, Rudiger, B Silva

YPOTY (21 or under on the 1st July