With each Premier League The season brings new iterations of teams looking to either maintain their challenge for titles, move out of where they were during the previous campaign, or maintain their status as a Premier League club, the latter having been the goal of most, if not all, promoted clubs in history.

To meet these ambitions, whatever they may be, each club aims to provide its coach with a squad that meets his standards, players who adapt to the team’s system to help him throughout. of the season. Of course, there are times when a player has remained in the starting XI when his form suggests that he should perhaps be replaced by another in his club’s ranks.

This being considered, it begs the question: which five Premier League players should lose their starting places?

Brentford have been unlucky with injuries over the last year, particularly at full-back. When all are healthy, it’s safe to say that Rico Henry and Aaron Hickey form one of the strongest partnerships in the league, but both have missed the majority of the last 12 months due to injury.

As such, Mads Roerslev was brought in to replace Hickey at right-back and while the Dane’s performances have been good, they have been mediocre at best. This is an area of ​​the pitch that Brentford desperately need to strengthen and Hickey’s eventual return to fitness will be enough.

Until then, the Bees must rely on Roerslev, a player who has been at the club for five years. Again, it’s not that Roerslev is the worst player in the league, but it’s obvious that he will be sidelined, at least as a right-back, as soon as Brentford can afford his absence.

Enthusiasm was high when Manchester United signed Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna, with the Dutch striker announcing himself on the world stage with the Italian club after spending time in Germany with Bayern Munich. Under Thiago Motta, now in charge of Juventus, Zirkzee helped lead Bologna to the Champions League before leaving earlier this year for Old Trafford.

Something of a 9.5, Zirkzee plays just behind the forward line and in front of the 10, dropping deeper than most forwards in order to be more involved in any build-up play. While there’s plenty of potential for Zirkzee, it’s hard to argue that he’s had a particularly big impact on Man United so far.

He scored on his debut but has not scored in the Premier League since. In all competitions, he has only scored two goals in 17 games and alternates with Rasmus Hojlund, who is also struggling for goals. Of course, with the arrival of Ruben Amorim, a lot could still change for Zirkzee and the Red Devils, but currently it is difficult to think that he should start.

Winger Jack Harrison made his name in English football with Leeds United, spending three years on loan at Elland Road from Manchester City before the move became permanent in 2021. After spending two seasons there as As a permanent player, Harrison left Leeds on loan for Everton following their relegation in 2023, joining the Merseyside club on loan again before this campaign.

Harrison became known as a hot and cold player. When he’s on form, there really are few better on that day than Harrison. However, if he is not, he runs the risk of remaining completely anonymous on the pitch, thus contributing very little to his team’s future.

Harrison has, at the time of writing, featured in 13 games for Sean Dyche’s Everton this season, failing to record a goal or assist in the Premier League or EFL Cup. He has come off the bench in his last two or three games for the Toffees, which should remain consistent, at least for now.

Crystal Palace fans were understandably excited when the signing of Daichi Kamada was announced. The Japan international had previously played with Lazio but has found the best form of his career so far with his former club Eintracht Frankfurt, where he was managed by current Palace boss Oliver Glasner.

Glasner guided Palace to a top-ranked finish in the second half of last season and the pedigree signing of Kamada raised hopes among the Eagles faithful. Palace have unfortunately, and rather surprisingly, got off to a slow start, with the likes of Ebere Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta having poor starts to the campaign.

Kamada is no different, with the midfielder having visibly struggled to adapt quickly to the English game. He is yet to score a Premier League goal after 11 appearances and against Tottenham Hotspur he received a straight red card, forcing a change to the first team that perhaps had to happen.

An undisputed Manchester City legend, Kyle Walker has been a constant in Pep Guardiola’s side since his arrival at the Etihad in 2017. But now, at 34, cracks are appearing in Walker’s game, largely based on his pace. They were evident when he played for England at the Euros earlier this year and unfortunately for him, they didn’t let up for Manchester City.

As is the case with any football player, age catches up with them all. City have Josko Gvardiol and Rico Lewis in their ranks who can play in Walker’s place and while the England international will undoubtedly still play a role in the season for the Sky Blues, it remains up for debate whether that role will be as important . an entry or not.