The 2024/25 Premier League season is set to get underway this weekend, with plenty of fans up and down the country holding out hop that this year will finally be their year.
And while it’ll probably end up being Manchester City’s year again, it’s nice to dream.
Ahead of kick-off the writers and editors at 90min have given our predictions for which players and managers will define the fate of the Premier League title during the 2024/25 campaign.
Here’s our picks.
Toby Cudworth
Based on my prediction that Arsenal will win the Premier League, Martin Odegaard has the backing to be crowned Player of the Year. The Norwegian is underrated in my opinion and will be instrumental to the Gunners’ cause even if the likes of Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz steal the goalscoring headlines.
Savinho‘s arrival at Manchester City is controversial but also annoying in the sense that he could be really, really good on the left – the need for him to perform has been exacerbated by Julian Alvarez’s departure. That could lead to a debut-year Young Player of the Year award.
Manager of the Year wise, Mikel Arteta has to get the nod if Arsenal are indeed over the title line.
Jack Gallagher
I’ve gone with Arsenal as the Premier League title winners this season, so with that in mind I’m going to go with their best player to win the Player of the Year award: Bukayo Saka.
The Gunners’ ‘Starboy’ guarantees his side double digit goals and assists every single year, and if said goals and assists can contribute to the Gunners finally getting over the line in the title race, then he should be a shoo-in for the award.
There’s so many contenders for the Young Player of the Year award. Kobbie Mainoo will be in with a shout, as will Man City new-boy Savinho, however my pick is Harvey Elliott. The Liverpool ace showed glimpses of last season of what he can do, and under Arne Slot in 2024/25 I’m fully expecting him to flourish into one of the better attacking players in the Premier League.
In terms of Manager of the Year, Pep Guardiola will have another great campaign, sure. As will Mikel Arteta. But those picks are a bit boring. Instead I’m going football hipster with my pick and giving the nod to Oliver Glasner.
The former Eintracht Frankfurt coach turned Crystal Palace into one of the more exciting teams to watch at the tail-end of the 2023/24 campaign, getting Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze to fire on all cylinders. If Palace can perform in a similar way for a full season under Glasner, then they could be in with a shout of qualifying for Europe.
Jude Summerfield
I could pick Kevin De Bruyne for his customary Player of the Year award, but in the famous words of Nigel Farage: “Boring! Boring! Boring!” Instead, I’m going for a Last Dance™️ Mohamed Salah campaign filled with a billion goals. It could be the Egyptian’s final season at Liverpool and he’ll want to go out with a bang.
Kobbie Mainoo enjoyed a breakout campaign at Manchester United in 2023/24. The England international is capable of scoring goals and flowing past opposition midfielders with his dribbling ability, and if the Red Devils end up having a more impressive league season than last time out, the teenager will surely have played a huge role – potentially a Young Player of the Year one.
If the Red Devils end up having a more impressive league season than last time out, the teenager will surely have played a huge role.
Manager of the Year is unfortunately a boring pick with Pep Guardiola. Unless someone else topples him and Man City at the top of the table, I can’t see anyone denying the former Barcelona boss another individual prize.
Tom Gott
Will Erling Haaland actually be the best player in the division? Almost certainly not, but it’s incredibly hard to overlook the leading goalscorer of the team who will probably win the title. He’s my Player of the Year.
In the Young Player of the Year stakes, expect Amadou Onana to make some serious noise at Villa. He’s a lot better than Everton’s results with him in the squad may suggest and, now playing in a far superior side, the midfielder should enhance his reputation with a season of serious talent.
If Onana reaches his top level, Unai Emery could easily scoop the Manager of the Year prize.
Sean Walsh
I’ve predicted Arsenal to win the league, and if they do so, it’ll almost certainly be down to the efforts of Bukayo Saka. He won the nation over again with his displays at Euro 2024, which should serve him well for the club season ahead. Player of the Year award incoming.
I know a lot of my colleagues have gone for Kobbie Mainoo to win the Young Player of the Year award, and it’s hard to argue against him, but I believe Harvey Elliott will have a season to remember under Arne Slot. An England call-up is coming, I’m sure.
It’s incredibly difficult to look beyond Mikel Arteta for the Manager of the Year gong if the Gunners go all the way.
Katie Catherall
If Arsenal win the Premier League as I expect them to, it’s logical to think one of their players will be Player of the Year. That individual coud be Bukayo Saka, who will be driving the force behind their title charge. He’ll bag goals, he’ll assist beauties and could be the difference when it’s all said and done.
Kobbie Mainoo looked confident for both Manchester United and England in 2024, proving those who clamoured for him to be involved at Euro 2024 right. The teenager will be vital for Erik ten Hag this season if they’re to make any kind of progress, and his individual ability should carry him to the Young Player of the Year prize.
Okay, there may be a slight bias here, but Andoni Iraola was in contention for Manager of the Year in 2023/24, so it’s not beyond the realms of possibilities that he takes home the crown this time.
The Spaniard created a unified Bournemouth team from a mishmash of players, establishing an identity that saw the Cherries do way better than everybody thought they would. Repeating last season’s efforts will be all the more impressive now that Dominic Solanke has gone – it’ll be interesting to see Iraola and Bournemouth can cope.
Jamie Spencer
Bukayo Saka will probably have a greater impact on Arsenal than Erling Haaland will on Manchester City.
He’s got better year on year and is adding more and more goals to his game every season as his experience and maturity goes up. Even as a winger, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Saka reach 20 in the Premier League for the first time, and that could earn him Player of the Year.
Kobbie Mainoo will take some beating for the Young Player of the Year award. He made Manchester United much better when he made his breakthrough and was a substantial part of why they won the FA Cup. Then, you look what he did for England at Euro 2024 and it proves it was no fluke.
Now, he’s a little bit older and has the added benefit of all those experiences of the last ten months.
Manager of the Year usually goes to whoever won the league. Pep Guardiola has five gongs (out of six) for precisely that reason and if Manchester City do make it five in a row, it’s difficult to see any different.
If Mikel Arteta didn’t win it last year when Arsenal were second by two points, he’s not getting it at all until the Gunners actually get the title.
Ewan Ross-Murray
An admittedly unoriginal shout but I can’t see past Erling Haaland scooping the Player of the Year award. With a summer of relative rest, a sharp pre-season and some dazzlingly good teammates teeing him up, I’m not brave enough to vote elsewhere.
Every single time I’ve watched Kobbie Mainoo play, I’ve been blown away. The elegance, composure and technical quality he plays with is simply remarkable given his age. Providing Man Utd don’t stink the Premier League up next season, I fancy him to grab the Young Player of the Year prize.
Could it be Pep Guardiola‘s last season at Man City? Let’s hope so for the sake of competition. If the reigning champions win yet another title, it’s hard to look beyond the magical Spaniard and his tinkering hands for Manager of the Year.
James Cormack
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Erling Haaland couldn’t quite match the heights of his debut season as he battled through a few fitness issues, but he may be further emboldened by Julian Alvarez’s exit and Kevin De Bruyne’s swan song. Expect Haaland to put up numbers worthy of the Player of the Year crown.
Harvey Elliott has been around the block for some time now, and he just started to rise in prominence towards the end of Jurgen Klopp’s reign. He’s well-suited to the #10 role in Arne Slot’s 4-2-3-1, starring in Liverpool’s pre-season. There’s scope for Elliott to enjoy the best campaign of his career, pick up the Young Player of the Year award and nail a place in the England set-up moving forward.
Arsenal are going to be up there again, and Saka remains their chief threat in the final third. He’s just so efficient, and Mikel Arteta is always going to put him in positions to put up staggering numbers. Saka will be at the forefront of their title tilt again and the Spaniard could be named Manager of the Year if things go as planned.
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