Four 17 year olds have featured
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Already just eight games into the new Premier League season, plenty of drama has unfolded. No one expected Nottingham Forest to beat unbeaten Liverpool at Anfield for the first time in 55 years. Nobody also probably expected Arne Slot to win 11 of his first 12 games in charge of the Reds which has seen them top the Premier League table, ahead of going to Arsenal this Sunday. Wolves, Southampton, Ipswich and Crystal Palace all remain without a win, whilst Manchester United are as low as 12th.
Many of the classic stars in their peak years such as Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah and Bukayo Saka have started the season strong, but which players, at both the start, and the conclusion of their careers have been getting a run out? Here at Transfermarkt, we have calculated the ten youngest and the ten oldest players to feature in the Premier League so far this season and it makes for some interesting reading.
The ten youngest players in the Premier League this season
After Tottenham’s 1-0 win against AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League, midfielder James Maddison compared Spurs’ teenage sensation Mikey Moore to none other than Brazilian superstar Neymar. “From minute 45 to 65 I thought we had Neymar on the left wing. He was brilliant. Just demanding the ball and fearless.” Maddison said. Moore has been on the club’s radar for a while now after impressing in youth teams for both Tottenham and England. He made his Premier League debut last season against Manchester City on the run-in, but his appearance against Brentford from the bench this term, when he was just 17 years and 1 month of age, has him as the youngest player in the division so far this term.
Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri set a Premier League record back in September 2022, when he came on against Brentford for the Gunners, aged 15 years and 5 months old and became the youngest player in the division’s history. Already this season, two years on, he is still the second youngest player to get on the pitch in the Premier League. The Englishmen came on in the North London derby victory against Tottenham, aged 17 years and five months old. The third youngest player to feature this term has been Everton’s Harrison Armstrong who came on in the Toffees 4-0 defeat to Spurs aged 17 years and seven months.
Coming in fourth is another Arsenal youngster in Miles Lewis-Skelly, who came on in the Gunners 2-2 draw against Man City aged 17 years and 11 months old – earlier in that match, he became the first player to be booked before making his Premier League debut, as he was shown a yellow from the bench for running and handing a note to keeper David Raya. The fifth youngest goes to Southampton’s Samuel Amo-Ameyaw, who came on in the Saints opening game of the season aged 18 years and just 30 days. Other notable youngsters to feature in the top 10 include Tyler Dibling, who has played all eight games for Southampton and impressed, and was only 18 years and six months old for the season curtain raiser, and new Tottenham signing Archie Gray takes sixth, being just 18 years and five months old in Spurs’ first game of the campaign.
The ten oldest players in the Premier League this season
The oldest player to feature in the Premier League this season is West Ham’s Lukasz Fabianski who was 39 years and four months old when he came on in the Hammers 3-1 defeat to Man City. He is followed by Everton full-back Ashley Young who has featured six times in the league this season, including in last weekend’s 2-0 win at Ipswich, where he was 39 years and two months old. Third on the list is Brighton’s James Milner who was 38 years and seven months old when he played against Arsenal at the end of August.
Jamie Vardy is fourth, being 37 years and 9 months old in last weekend’s 3-2 win against Southampton. The Leicester veteran has three goals in eight games this season. Two more Everton players feature in the top 10, in Seamus Coleman (7th at 35 years and 10 months) and Idrissa Gueye (9th at 35 years). Manchester United’s Jonny Evans is fifth on the list, having been 36 years and nine months old in United’s 3-0 win at Southampton.
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