Gary Neville names the three players who have surprised him most this season

Gary Neville has sanction Chris Wood arsenic the Premier League subordinate who has amazed him the astir this season.

The Tricky Trees are presently flying precocious successful 5th spot aft making a coagulated commencement to the caller run and the goals of Wood person been a captious portion of their occurrence truthful far.

Neville besides reserved praise for Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch whose performances astatine the bosom of the Reds’ midfield person travel arsenic a invited boost to Arne Slot, particularly pursuing the illness of Martin Zubimendi’s projected determination to Anfield.

Another striker, Liam Delap of Ipswich, meanwhile, has caught Neville’s oculus portion determination were besides honourable mentions for Danny Welbeck and Morgan Rogers.

‘[Ryan] Gravenberch is simply a monolithic astonishment with however good helium has played astatine the commencement of the play [for Liverpool],’ Neville told The Overlap.

‘I don’t deliberation anyone expected him to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic helium has been successful that presumption [in midfield]. Curtis Jones has been precise bully too.

‘Chris Wood with 8 goals has got to beryllium successful the apical three, Liam Delap with six goals for Ipswich. I’m not amazed by Danny Welbeck, he’s precise bully – his existent signifier is amended than immoderate existent [Manchester] United beforehand subordinate this season. Morgan Rogers astatine [Aston] Villa could beryllium apical notch.

‘I’d spell Wood fig one, Delap fig 2 and Gravenberch successful three.’

Asked the aforesaid question, chap panelist Ian Wright opted to radiance a airy connected Brentford forwards Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo.

The Bees were expected to conflict for goals pursuing the departure of talisman Ivan Toney successful the summer, but Thomas Frank’s broadside person been 1 of the league’s astir entertaining outfits.

Wright said: ] ‘I similar the mode Liam Delap has travel up – we should notation Antoine Semenyo astatine Bournemouth arsenic well. Carlos Baleba astatine Brighton [& Hove Albion] – helium was unbelievable against [Manchester] City.

‘Two years ago, helium was astatine Lille, present Brighton has recovered different 1 [player]. 

‘We besides request to notation [Yoane] Wissa and [Bryan] Mbeumo – Ivan Toney’s gone, and they’ve conscionable ploughed through.

‘They’ve not missed him [Toney] astatine all.’

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