Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are returning to the Championship, but some of their players deserve to stay up

By Ben McAleer for WhoScored

You would think a ball winner in a side that shipped 104 league goals would not be held in high esteem but Vinícius Souza did all he could to help Sheffield United beat the drop this season. Signed from the Belgian club Lommel last summer, the Brazilian made the third most tackles (125) in the Premier League this season and, while his distribution needs refining, the 24-year-old could prove a cost-effective option for a team in need of a battler in the middle of the park.

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The Premier League season started ominously as Erling Haaland took just four minutes to get his goalscoring campaign under way when Manchester City beat Burnley in the opening match. Elsewhere, Luton’s first top-flight game for 31 years ended in defeat at Brighton and Ange Postecoglou claimed manager of the month (as he would do again in September and October) as Tottenham made a fast start to the season.

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Back at Wembley winning a trophy, and we’ve made it back to the Champions League, so it’s pretty good. It was a season of two halves really. At New Year we were flying, then came the injuries and then came the dip. The manager has given everything, again, and today will be an outpouring of love and thanks to him. In Germany he is known as a Menschenfanger, a people catcher, someone who has a positive effect on those around him. For us, he’s been a dream catcher, too. He gave us belief and he gave us the best of times. He made us happy. 8/10.