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Premier League Team of the Season 2017/18 predictions

By Tom Bogert

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City and N'Golo Kante of Chelsea compete for the ball during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on December 3, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City and N'Golo Kante of Chelsea compete for the ball during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on December 3, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) /
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WATFORD, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: Sadio Mane of Liverpool celebrates scoring his sides first goal during the Premier League match between Watford and Liverpool at Vicarage Road on August 12, 2017 in Watford, England. (Photo by Tony Marshall/Getty Images)
WATFORD, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: Sadio Mane of Liverpool celebrates scoring his sides first goal during the Premier League match between Watford and Liverpool at Vicarage Road on August 12, 2017 in Watford, England. (Photo by Tony Marshall/Getty Images) /

LM: Sadio Mane /// Liverpool /// 2016/17: 27 apps, 13 goals, 43 chances created, 5 assists

On the opposite flank of Salah in the Team of the Season is a familiar dynamic, his Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane.

Mane was in the team last year despite missing games to the African Cup of Nations as well as the end of the season due to injury. But when he’s on the field, he added another dimension to Liverpool’s vaunted attack.

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Just like Salah, he got off the ground running. He too scored in Liverpool’s 3-3 draw against Watford.

Mane is moving from the right side of the attack to the left to best accommodate Salah, but that’s where he played at times for Southampton and predominantly for Red Bull Salzburg. Now he can cut in on his favored right foot.

The left side of midfield is a deeper pool of players, with Hazard, Alexis Sanchez and possibly Philippe Coutinho, should he stay at Liverpool, could be put there.

But Hazard went missing the season following his last Premier League medal and Sanchez may be on the way out of Arsenal.

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