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Alex Keble

Rice, Raphinha and GOAL's non-'Big Six' Premier League Team of the Season

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While the majority of the division's top performers ply their trade at England's elite clubs, this season saw plenty of players excel further down th…

On Monday, GOAL published our Premier League Team of the Season following the dramatic culmination of the campaign.

As tends to happen with these sides, the players selected were largely from the same small number of clubs, with 10 of this year's 11 players from what has come to be known as the 'Big Six': Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United.

For the first time since 2019, those six clubs finished in the top six positions (and in the exact same order, for what that is worth), meaning their monopoly on select XIs is likelier to be even greater than in previous seasons.

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So with that in mind, GOAL has put together a team that discounts players from the 'Big Six', and gives those who excelled further down the table their moment in the sun...

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