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Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week?

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After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?

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This story was published by BBC Sport on October 25, 2026 and curated on Africa Front.

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Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week?

Published25 October 2026

After every round of Premier League matches this season, BBC football pundit Troy Deeney will give you his team and manager of the week.

Here are this week's choices. Do you agree? Give us your thoughts using the comments form at the bottom of this page.

Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa): Fact, he's just a big-game player who gets the job done, comes up with big saves. He couldn't do anything about Erling Haaland's goal.

Really good, strong, positive positions, but also when they win the ball back, he gets the Villa counter-attack going. Very, very good. He was excellent.

Matty Cash (Aston Villa): It was like a captain's performance from the right-back. A lot of people go up against Jeremy Doku and struggle. He didn't. He gets the job done. I thought it was really excellent and epitomised everything Aston Villa were about. If Man City did get down his side, he recovered, went again. I just thought it was an exceptional display from him.

James Hill (Bournemouth) and Ezri Konsa (Arsenal): We're going to have Konsa and Hill. Both of these two are in for the same reason: they're absolutely solid. They just do their job effectively well. No-one's talking about them for their theatrics.

No-one's talking about them because they play out well from the back. They're just proper defenders who defend. Obviously Konsa gets a goal, so he gets an extra little part for that, but Hill was celebrating making tackles because that's what he does.

Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth): People will be talking about Manchester United and how poor they are, and is the manager going to get sacked and all of that stuff. However, if you keep playing the way that Bournemouth are, with the attacking intent, and obviously you've got a left-back who's giving you assists and shutting down people defensively, I think he deserve a little bit of credit. So, he comes into the team.

Shea Charles (Fulham): I didn't really want to put a Fulham player in because I thought these are games they should be winning. However, the fact that they've won at Coventry and they got a clean sheet, and Charles has been excellent since he's come from Southampton, I just thought he should go in.

He controlled the game and adds a spark to a Fulham team that is pretty weak - lacklustre is the word I would use at times. Since he's been in the team regularly, guess what, they've started to pick up some results. So, fair play to them.

Nico Gonzalez (Newcastle): Gonzalez might be the best signing that Newcastle have made, because they've got all these young players that have got pace, speed, good in the wide areas. The manager wants it to be like the the Red Bull [Salzburg] team of old, which is sprinting more and all of that fun stuff. You need someone that can just control the game, one and two touch, and Nico Gonzalez absolutely does that. I thought he was exceptional.

Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth): We're going to force Tavernier in as the 10. Not only for this game, but if you're Bournemouth, before last weekend when they beat Sunderland, we were talking about how they haven't got any wins. They're struggling in the league, what about Europa League? Is it too much?

And in one week, they've beaten Sunderland, AC Milan and Man Utd. They've turned this season from 'maybe' to 'this is unbelievable', and eight goals scored, no goals conceded. Tavernier scored in those games. He scored again against United, gives you a load more just in terms of who and what he is. He's just a really good player.

Rayan (Bournemouth): Rayan on the right side for Bournemouth. He's got pace, power and could have had a hat-trick on another day. Probably should have done, but he still gets a goal against Manchester United.

Mathys Tel (Tottenham): Tel had a real difficult start to his career at Spurs. I thought for the first time against Chelsea we saw what Spurs saw in him: pace, power, hard work, and then obviously an unbelievable goal to to finish it as well.

Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa): Nicolas Jackson up top, scores two goals against Man City. He looked really good, really strong. That's seven goals for him this season, four of them in the Premier League. In that form, you're going in the team of the week.

Marco Rose (Bournemouth): What an unbelievable week, three big wins in eight days. He's massive in terms of showing composure. Andoni Iraola didn't do well in his first 10 games at Bournemouth, and Rose has come in and just kept a calm, calm head.

Do you agree with Troy's selections? Who would be in your Team of the Week? Have your say using the comments form below: