‘The GREATEST!’ Which current Premier League players will make the Hall of Fame? | ESPN FC

ESPN’s Football Forecast team of Nubaid Haroon, Kweku Afari and Harry Symeou debate which current Premier League players should make the Hall of Fame.

0:00 Rodri
2:18 Kevin De Bruyne
4:33 Mohamed Salah
6:39 Erling Haaland
8:18 Son Heung-min
8:40 Bruno Fernandes

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The Premier League Hall of Fame nominees have just been announced and there are some unbelievable names on there Eden Hazard Gary Neville Jermaine defo Soul Campbell CES fabrigas JT unbelievable names but if we were looking at the current players right now and we’re going who’s ass shoing for the Hall of

Fame somewhere down the line there’s a lot of names I mean we are blessed that in the Premier League right now there’s so much talent there’s a lot of names on this list right now that we go they could they’ll probably be in the of Fame

At some point in the near future let’s start with rodri because he hasn’t spent that long in the Premier League in all fairness but there is a feeling already that he is the best six that we’ve ever seen in the Premier League 163 appearances for Man City I think he’s

Currently at the time of recording unbeaten in 364 days for club and Country I think already for me I’m going that alone gets this man in the Hall of Fame yeah absolutely he’s people say he’s the best six in the league now I would say he’s

The most complete six we’ve ever seen in premier league history in terms of being able to do both sides of the game because we always talk about his defensive contributions the way he protects Manchester City’s backline the way he protects uh maybe their vulnerability at times to to Transitions

And counterattacks but he’s also got 20 goals and 17 assists and I know he’s playing in a great side but the fact that he’s able to get forward and produce those moments too shows what a well-rounded player he is and also it’s the size of some of those moments he’s

So clutch he pops up at the biggest times when it really really matters and yeah for me there’s not even a debate I know he hasn’t been here for a great deal of time he’s only made 163 Premier League appearance which in comparison to some of the others isn’t a lot but I

Just think he’s he’s done so much in a short space of time he’s deserv it yeah I absolutely love rodri I think he’s a player that’s so complete and like you say when you’re talking about the pantheon of great in the Premier League he’s going to be up there um and nothing

Scares me more when I’m playing against Man City especially if you you got the lead or you’re drawing r at the edge of the Box just like winding up a shot because we know how lethal he can be in the recent Internationals he was taking penalties for Spain we he’s got KNE a

Goal and for that reason I think he’s assuring for the Hall of Fame going forward and we haven’t seen many better midfielders not just DM but midfielders in the era of the Premier League it’s interesting you say that because the next name on the list is Kevin De bruyne

And uh I think even if if he retired right now you’d imagine he’d be a nominee at least for the Premier League Hall of Fame play 251 games like this is your boy this is your guy nominee he’s he’s first ballot mate he’s Kevin De bruyne and it’s difficult to say because

There’s been so many great sentiment fielders and when you having the goat debate about sentiment fielders you you ask DM what can they do for me he’s the greatest sentiment fielder in the Premier League has ever seen and we’re going to go through these names there’s greatness in my opinion is

Accomplishments plus astonishments accomplishments is the hardware the trophies that you win Kevin De bry’s got that astonishments are the moments you give us the clutch moments the goals but in terms of ability and what he’s capable of producing he’s as good as anything we’ve ever seen this long-haired version of him though the

Long haired version of why he’s grown it yeah the hyperbolic chamber he’s come back long hair he’s going to these events you’re seeing Kevin De bruy just do a little bit more off the pitch and I think that helps in terms of your legacy and it shouldn’t affect it on the pitch

But now that we’ve seen Kevin De bruy maybe in a slightly different light a bit more personality show we saw him fall out of Pep like he’s got a personality he’s just been a little bit muted and he’s one of the only he’s the only player at Man City that predates

Pep Guardiola he’s been doing it for such a long time and I absolutely love this Geer man feel like the next guy is absolutely nailed on mosala 253 appearances 154 goals 68 assists now I think we’re at a point where people don’t care about stats enough like that

As in putting the ball in the back of the net if if I just said loads of XG and everything else people would go this is the guy but just strip it all back where six or seven seasons down the line from mosal arriving back in the Premier

League from Roma when people were like ah decent signing now we’re looking at a player where you go if he starts he scores or he assists that’s a ridiculous the hardest thing in football is to put the ball in the back of the net he does

It frequently I think out of every name on this list alongside Kevin De bruyne MO salar is nailed on yeah I don’t even know how much more you can add to that he’s been the best player in the Premier League for a long period of time now and

By default that means that he has to go into this list you mentioned the goals it’s the fear that he strikes into people as well I mean we’ve seen top managers adjusting their systems just from fear of What mo Salah can do and you know people talk a lot about his

Position the fact that yeah he starts on the right wing but he’s got this freedom to drift into other areas and how maybe that’s benefited him but when you’re that good why wouldn’t you adjust and adapt to accommodate him doing what he does best which is as you say finding

The back of the neck he’s so good and I think as well for M can waack lyrical about how good he’s on the pitch off the pitch culturally what he’s done for Muslim footballers I think is is huge in terms of people’s perception of Muslim footballers and the fact that he is so

So forthright with his faith and it’s a huge part of who he is the character I think that moosel is we have to appreciate him right now because I have a feeling this could be a last dance for moella and so we need to appreciate every time we see him touch football

Pitch because we’ve not seen many better players in the Premier League especially players that have had a bit of a career before that he was obviously was good in Italy and when Chelsea bought him bzel he had potential but nobody saw this first season he came in people were

Asking is that one one season wonder and he just carried it on one every trophy there is to win on the domestic level and I just I think that we really have to appreciate him as a player because he’s not going to be around for very

Long facts um let’s rattle through a few more Erin harland’s on this list unbelievable 58 appearances 54 goals I hear it if we’re thinking long term but I don’t think his career will last in the Premier League that long to eventually land him in the Hall of Fame

O it’s tough man this this man in his first season the Premier League broke the goal scoring record and then won the treble I feel like you can’t ask much more from an individual you if you left today I feel like we talk about that hard season as one of the greatest

Individual Seasons that we’ve ever seen um up there of the Suarez 134 up there of the DI re 20 and 20 um and so because of what he’s going to go on and Achieve he has to go in there because you talk about Cristiano Ronaldo for example we

Saw his best football at Real Madrid but what he did and the work he put in Manchester United obviously puts him in the Hall of Fame and I think ER Holland probably ticks that box as well it’s only been one season we need to see what

He does for the next couple of Seasons but you might be right he might not do enough work to be put in there ahead of mosalah or Kevin De bruyne but I think he goes in there way too soon to be putting him in the Hall of Fame but he’s

On the right trajectory I would say to your point about you know him maybe not staying in the Premier League for as long as some others I agree with that I think he’s the type of guy that has his career mapped out and already knows where he wants to go next and probably

When he wants to do it once you’ve won the treble at Manchester city is there going to be anything that holds you back from making that next move when you feel the time is right certainly not going to be any unfinish business but yeah it’s too soon 58 appearances in the Premier

League is nowhere near enough for me to be putting you in the Hall of Fame but he’s on he’s on Route shall we yeah yeah yeah let’s quickly R through a couple more son’s an interesting one 293 games in the Premier League yeah 100 he goes

In for me he’s under the radar last season was a disastrous season for son he still got double figures for last seven or eight seasons in the row got double figures in the Premier League he’s a player that talked about moso’s impact in terms of Muslim footballers Asian footballers generally I think

Young song’s been so impactful and I think for that reason deserve to go in the Hall of Fame the next one we we’ve put pretty much put everyone in the Hall of Fame this guy might not be there he may be we never know but Bruno Fernandez at

This moment in time 151 games in the Premier League 48 goals 39 assists and to be fair post Alex Fon probably be manchest United’s best player yeah in terms of outputs but I don’t think that Bruno Fernandez has always had a positive impact on this Manchester

United Team I think at times he’s been a problem for them I think he gives the ball away a lot um which is not what a manager like Eric tenh har necessarily wants yes he produces moments in front of goal and stuff like that and that

Kind of offsets against that but I I don’t think he’s deserving of being in the Hall of Fame conversation and I think that Bruno Fernandez um yeah man united haven’t been at the level and he’s not achieved anything in the Premier League really as he