Kyle Walker
Tottenham showed how useful full-backs can be, with the duo of Walker and Rose constituting a huge part of Spurs attack since the 2015-16 campaign and occasionally playing in wing-back role.
Earlier in the year, the north London club looked to engage Leicester City in a tight end-of-the-campaign title race, only to fall with few games to go. They have since put that behind them, and sat in 5th place entering into 2017 after a fine start to the new season.
And without any iota of doubt, Kyle Walker has played an impressive part of that run that saw them lose just twice in the first 19 Premier League games played in 2016.
The English international only failed to make an appearance in those games having picked up 5 yellow cards, but only a defender created more chances than the 27 – the right-back made in the first half of the campaign.
Walker averaged 6 defensive actions per game, won 55% of his tackles, 65% of his headed duels and completed 58% of his take-ons. Those numbers are comparable to last term’s when he averaged 7 defensive actions per 90 minutes, won 58% of his tackles, 66% of his headed duels and completed 39% of his take-ons. He created 34 chances in 33 games and scored once.