drippin
Obsessed with "Mature Trusted Members"
Country: Finland
We are 0.9 years "ahead" of Southampton, who is 2nd. That's really quite a big difference.Ranking the 20 Premier League clubs by average age of their squads - Planet Football
While some Premier League clubs pride themselves on what they do with their young players, others value experience over youth.www.planetfootball.com
What makes this hugely interesting to me, is that we will lose some players for free next season.
Those are likely Lacazette (30, current age), Kolasinac (28), Elneny (29), Chambers (26). Also Nketiah (22).
We will also likely sell Leno (29) at least. Hopefully Mari now too (28). Maybe even Xhaka (29).
What this makes me think, is that while age doesn't mean maturity or good performances, we still might need some older players to our team.
Not sure who or in what position though, or if it is really needed if the players are mature and experienced, while pretty young.