Best Premier League transfers of the season XI: New Liverpool entry, Hull and Ipswich duos…

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Which new players have made the biggest impact in the Premier League this season and what would it look like if we put them all in one team?

To construct our XI, we’ve used average ratings from WhoScored and fit them into a formation to include the best players possible.

That means a 3-4-2-1 formation for now but we’ll be keeping this fluid as the season progresses…

GK: Konstantinos Tzolakis (Hull City) – 7.30 Hull City have made a far better start to the season than any of us imagined. There were some shouts that they could rival Derby’s record for the lowest number of points in a Premier League season; in reality, they’re just one more win away from making a mockery of those predictions – and we’re only four games into the season.

The fact they seem to have unearthed a goalkeeper they can depend upon has certainly helped. A £20m signing from Olympiacos, Tzolakis kept clean sheets in each of his first three Premier League games – and two of those were against sides in the Champions League this season.

CB: Jeremy Jacquet (Liverpool) – 7.21 A new entrant this week, Jacquet has started to settle into his role as Virgil van Dijk’s main centre-back partner for Liverpool after his pre-arranged move from Rennes.

He was rated as the best player statistically in their 0-0 draw with Fulham, enough to see him displace Chelsea’s Maxence Lacroix in this XI.

CB: Tarik Muharemovic (Leeds United) – 7.47 Leeds spent big on Muharemovic this summer and the imposing left-footed centre-back has been ever-present for them so far.

He made the third-most clearances in Serie A last season with Sassuolo and has continued doing what he does best in the Premier League, now ranking second for clearances this season.

CB: Nobel Mendy (Hull City) – 7.22 Another Hull representative and the second left-footer in our back three, Mendy became the Tigers’ record signing when he joined from Rayo Vallecano.

He was brought in for his defensive ability, but enjoyed a dream debut at the other end by scoring against Manchester United.

RB: Anan Khalaili (Crystal Palace) – 7.28 Crystal Palace’s new wing-back leads the early running for most tackles in the Premier League this season with 19 so far – at least four more than anyone else.

He has relatively big boots to fill after Daniel Munoz’s exit and has only been on the winning side once so far, but has made an encouraging start.

CM: Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) – 7.19 You’d hope so for all that money.

In fairness, Anderson isn’t doing a bad job of silencing those of us who predicted he’d be a massive flop. And there were lots of us.

He ranks highly for passes, touches and interceptions this season after starting all four of Manchester City’s Premier League games so far.

He now faces that age-old challenge of having to add goals and assists to his game to truly win over the naysayers. Work in progress.

CM: Mamadou Sangare (Brentford) – 7.16 We’re not sure Sangare passes off as a shrewd signing given he cost more than anyone Brentford have ever bought before, but boy, he looks a find.

The £39m-or-so man (reports vary on the actual size of the fee) has started all four of Brentford’s games so far, taking just 12 minutes to make an assist on his debut against Spurs.

LB: Andy Robertson (Tottenham Hotspur) – 6.63 Bit of a curveball here and the lowest-rated player fitting into our XI. Nobody was exactly screaming about Robertson as a signing of the season contender when Tottenham picked him up on a free transfer after his Liverpool exit.

But it was a sensible enough move to add some experience into a squad bereft of genuine leaders.

Spurs are struggling again so far this season, with Robertson starting their three games and coming on in one.

AM: Abdul Fatawu (Ipswich Town) – 6.92 Ipswich’s win over Crystal Palace sees a couple of their attackers enter the XI. On the right wing, Fatawu comes in boasting the joint-most dribbles completed in the Premier League this season.

He looks to be on course for a better individual season than his only previous in the Premier League with Leicester a couple of years ago.

AM: Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) – 7.57 You’d hope so for all that money .

Currently the highest-rated new signing of them all, Rogers has been involved in a goal in each of his four Premier League appearances for Chelsea so far.

Goals against Fulham and Arsenal bookended his assist against Brighton, before he opened the scoring against Hull. A bright start, then, for the most expensive English player in football history. Yes it still sounds weird.

CF: Emersonn (Ipswich Town) – 6.90 Big striker moves were few and far between in the Premier League this summer, unlike last year with your Alexander Isaks, your Benjamin Seskos, your Viktor Gyokereseseses.

Emersonn joining newly promoted Ipswich on the back of a six-goal Ligue Un season with Toulouse would have been small noise last summer, but as their record signing, it was a fairly big deal in the year it actually happened.

The Brazilian scored on his Premier League debut against Sunderland and most recently got a goal and assist against Crystal Palace.

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