Ranking the average age of Premier League XIs: Arsenal youngest and Liverpool oldest bar Fulham

Arsenal are still young and now very good. Liverpool are in West Ham territory with James Milner and co. Only Fulham is older.

20) Fulham (27.8) Burnley waved and handed the newly promoted side their stock of Werther's Originals in passing as Fulham replaced them as geriatric kings of the Premier League. /p>

18=) West Ham (27.6) An elderly goalkeeper who does a lot of hard work. Lucasz Fabianski, 37, managed to keep 29-year-old Alphonse Areola at bay.

18=) Liverpool (27.6) The more games James Milner starts, the more unhealthy this number becomes. The other side of the coin is that Fabio Carvalho and Harvey Elliott are also very involved.

17) Tottenham (27.5)Ivan Perisic, 33, and the cruelty of the weather took Spurs from eighth place last season to 17th.

15=) Brighton (27.3)Adam Lallana, Pascal Gross and Danny Welbeck, top three, a) get old and b) still don't score.

15=) Newcastle (27.3) The signings of Sven Botman (22), Alexander Isak (23) made the difference, as well as the growing importance of Bruno Guimaraes (24).

14) Chelsea (27.1) Todd Boehly's reported plan is to build a squad of young talent at Stamford Bridge, but they then start games with Thiago Silva (38), Cesar Azpilicueta (33) and Pierre- Emerick Aubameyang (33).

13) Manchester City (27.0) Erling Haaland is 22 years old. Help us.

12) Crystal Palace (26.9) They had the highest average age in 2020/21 at a whopping 28.8, before dropping to 27.2 last season with 26-year-old Will Hughes the oldest of the seven signatures. And there they are, falling again.

11) Aston Villa (26.7) Jacob Ramsey (21) is the baby of a team that should be, but certainly isn't, at its peak.

8=) Leicester (26.2) No starter over 30 as they beat Wolves 4-0 at the weekend. They are heading in the right direction.

8=) Bournemouth (26.1) A young team with a young manager who is doing much better than expected.

8=) Manchester United (26.2) Two young signings in Tyrell Malacia (23) and Lisandro Martinez (24) have helped a lot this season to lower the average age. It helps when Erik Ten Hag drops old Ronaldo.

7) Wolves (26.0) Diego Costa bumps up that average age but he and Joao Moutinho are the only real oldies in a team that frankly seems to need a bit more experience.

5=) Everton (25.8)£60m Anthony Gordon and Amadou Onana are both 21, Nathan Patterson is 20 and Dwight McNeil is just 22.

5=) Brentford (25.8) This is not a country for old people (unless you are a centre-back).

4) Nottingham Forest (25.5) 14 of their 22 summer signings were under 25.

3) Leeds (24.9) They could probably use a bit more experience at the moment, but Jesse Marsch values ​​energy above all other qualities.

2) Southampton (24.2) Gavin Bazunu (20), Armel Bella-Kotchap (20) and Romeo Lavia (18) all arrived in the summer to bring down the age from 25.4 last season.< /p>

1) Arsenal (24.1) Granit Xhaka is 30 but 25 at heart, club captain Martin Odegaard is 23, their brilliant new centre-back William Saliba is 21 and the wonderful front trio is made up of two players 21 years old. old and about as young as a 25 year old you are likely to see. Mikel Arteta may be building something quite special in the Emirates.