If you take out Man City and Liverpool players (and Pogba), then there’s certainly an interesting shout for who would be Team of the Year. This would be my choice:
GK: Ben Foster (Watford)
Others I considered: Martin Dubravka (Newcastle Utd), Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham) and Matthew Etheridge (Cardiff City)
LB: Lucas Digne (Everton)
Others I considered: Jose Holebas (Watford), Ben Chilwell (Leicester) and Luke Shaw (Manchester Utd)
CB: Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)
Others I considered: Conor Coady (Wolves), Nathan Ake (Bournemouth), Shane Duffy (Brighton) and Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle Utd)
CB: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham)
Others I considered: Fabian Schar (Newcastle Utd), Michael Keane (Everton), James Tarkowski (Burnley) and Jannick Vestergaard (Southampton)
RB: Matt Doherty (Wolves)
Others I considered: Aaron Wan Bissaka (Crystal Palace), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) and Ricardo Pereira (Leicester)
LM: Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)
Others I considered: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), Felipe Anderson (West Ham) and Dwight McNeill (Burnley)
AM/CM: Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Others I considered: Joao Mountinho (Wolves), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton) and James Maddison (Leicester)
DM: Declan Rice (West Ham)
Others I considered: Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Luka Miliviojevic (Crystal Palace), Ruben Neves (Wolves) and Abdoulaye Doucoure (Watford)
RM: Ayoze Perez (Newcastle Utd)
Others I considered: Lucas Moura (Tottenham), Nathan Redmond (Southampton) and Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace)
FW: Heung-min Son (Tottenham)
Others I considered: Richarlison (Everton), Jimenez (Wolves) Callum Wilson (Bournemouth)
FW: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)
Others I considered: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester Utd) and Jamie Vardy (Leicester)