Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga: Best combined XI for each of Europe's top five leagues

Who are the best 11 players from each of the so called ‘big five’ European football leagues?

That’s the question we’ve decided to decipher as the football season edges closer by the day.

Will anyone make it into the Ligue 1 team that isn’t an active Paris Saint-Germain player? Could Erling Haaland topple Harry Kane or Cristiano Ronaldo to lead the line for the Premier League edition? Let’s dive into it.

Everyone knows the Premier League is the best league in the world. It doesn’t matter whether you judge it on raw quality or entertainment value – you’ll get the same result.

So we’re expecting this to be the toughest task of the lot and therefore have to decided to tackle it straight out the gate.

Formation: 4-1-2-1-2

GK – Alisson Becker

RB – Trent Alexander-Arnold CB – Ruben Dias CB – Virgil van Dijk LB – Joao Cancelo

CDM – Declan RiceRM – Mohamed SalahLM – Heung-Min Son CAM – Kevin De Bruyne

ST – Harry Kane ST – Erling Haaland

Now, that was a seriously tough and as a result we have opted for a rather unorthodox formation.

The idea behind lining up the way we have is to attempt to maintain some balance. So often with these combined XI’s attacking players are thrown into central midfield and everything goes out the window – we think this team would win the league, not just score five goals per game and concede as many at the other end.

For those who disagree – and we’re sure there are many – let’s just run through a couple of the controversial picks.

We think the goalkeeper and defenders are pretty solid. You could argue Thiago Silva and Andy Robertson deserve a look-in as they’re both outstanding players but just miss out here.

Regarding the defensive midfield pick, well, that was a tough one. It could