The primary month of the 2024/25 Premier League season is within the books and it is honest to say it went very a lot as anticipated.
Superstars like Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah put in world class performances, Manchester United struggled for type and the likes of Brighton and Aston Villa confirmed glimpses of their potential to compete for European qualification.
In any case of that enjoyable, here is 90min’s picks for the ten greatest performing gamers from August – ranked.
Greatest efficiency: Purpose and star flip vs Arsenal
After a reasonably first rate maiden marketing campaign at Brighton & Hove Albion in 2023/24, Joao Pedro has seemingly taken his recreation to a different degree at the beginning of the brand new season.
His targets towards Arsenal and Manchester United noticed Brighton take a stunning four-point haul from their tough fixtures which ended August and have helped the coastal membership rise as much as third within the Premier League desk heading into the worldwide break.
Greatest efficiency: 4 aim contributions vs Wolves
Whereas outcomes and performances have been moderately inconsistent for Chelsea at the beginning of the brand new season, star man Cole Palmer has been as constantly good as ever.
The lately topped PFA Younger Participant of the Yr already has 5 aim contributions to his title, thanks largely to his masterclass in a thumping 6-2 win over Wolves during which he bagged a aim and a whopping three assists.
Greatest efficiency: Participant of the match outing vs Ipswich City
When match, Kevin De Bruyne might be the perfect midfielder on this planet.
And fortunately for Man Metropolis followers, De Bruyne has been absolutely match at the beginning of the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
That has notably made Metropolis the group to beat within the early phases of the season, with KDB dictating the tempo of all three of his facet’s wins in August.
He is totally different class.
Greatest efficiency: Clear sheet vs Man Utd
Liverpool’s spectacular performances in August had been largely right down to their veteran stars re-finding their greatest type, with Virgil van Dijk certainly one of these gamers.
The Reds’ Van Dijk-led defence have began the season with three clear sheets from three video games, with their star centre-back placing in incredible displaying after incredible displaying to realize this feat.
His potential to utterly nullify Joshua Zirkzee within the win over Man Utd was significantly spectacular.
Greatest efficiency: Brace vs Southampton
No Ivan Toney? No drawback.
With their former star striker upping sticks and shifting to the Saudi Professional League, Bryan Mbeumo has been tasked with changing into Brentford’s main goal-getter in 2024/25 and boy oh boy has he delivered.
His three targets in three video games to this point have seen Brentford bag a formidable six factors to kick-off the marketing campaign. Good one.
Greatest efficiency: Participant of the match vs Wolves
Bukayo Saka was many individuals’s tip to win all of the participant of the 12 months awards this season and, judging by his August outings, it is easy to see why.
Arsenal’s ‘Starboy’ has been as constant as ever within the opening weeks, bagging a aim contribution in all three of his facet’s video games to this point.
Greatest efficiency: Hat-trick vs Wolves
Contemplating simply what number of forwards Chelsea have on the books (a trillion by our final rely), Noni Madueke has been a stunning starter for Enzo Maresca to this point.
And it is honest to say Madueke has grabbed that shock alternative with each fingers.
The huge ahead’s hat-trick within the win over Wolves was the perfect particular person show we have seen in 2024/25 to this point.
Greatest efficiency: Brace vs Man Utd
Having been given the beginning berth on the left flank forward of Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz have excelled beneath new boss Arne Slot.
The huge ahead has 4 aim contributions and two participant of the match awards to his title already, notably bagging a brace in a well-known 3-0 win over Man Utd to spherical out the month on Sunday.
Greatest efficiency: Three aim contributions vs Man Utd
Yep, one other Liverpool participant. And the perfect of the lot, too.
Mohamed Salah has appeared again to his very, perfect in 2024/25, bagging a moderately outrageous three targets and three assists to fireside the Reds into an early title race with Manchester Metropolis.
The veteran star is flourishing beneath Slot.
Greatest efficiency: Hat-trick vs West Ham
Three video games = seven targets.
Erling Haaland can’t be stopped.
The ahead is on observe for yet one more record-breaking marketing campaign in entrance of aim for Manchester Metropolis.