Burnley and England goalkeeper Nick Pope, who kept 15 clean sheets last season, gets the nod in the goalpost.
The PFA Young player of the year, Trent Alexander-Arnold, gets to fill in at right-back after helping Liverpool to their first league title in three decades and supplying 13 assists while teammate Andy Robertson has been chosen for the left-back position after another impressive season with the champions.
Last season’s PFA Player of the year, Virgil Van Dijk, is joined in central defence by Leicester City’s Caglar Soyuncu.
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, who won the PFA Player of the year, is joined in midfield by Liverpool’s title-winning skipper Jordan Henderson and David Silva, who has since ended a 10-year stay in the Premier League by joining Real Sociedad in Spain.
A lethal front free of Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy as well as Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang complete the line-up.
PFA Team of the Year: Nick Pope (Burnley); Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Caglar Soyuncu (Leicester City), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Andy Robertson Liverpool); Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), David Silva (Manchester City, now at Real Sociedad); Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)
