Shaka Hislop, Steve Nicol, Julien Laurens and Jan Aage Fjortoft join Alexis Nunes to react to Juls’ 2025 Best XI and crown ESPN FC’s 2025 Player of the Year.

0:00 Julien Laurens’ 2025 Best XI
5:40 Player of the Year
7:22 Nominees list

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  1. Wait wait wait….its ESPN PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Not HALF the year. Ever since the UCL final, Dembele hasn't really been seen. And its not to say that he's underperformed of anything. Its almost completely down to injuries. I just feel like there's other players this year who would have a better claim to the best all year long.

  2. I don't agree for the decision for Ousmane Dembele to crown the 2025 ESPN FC player of the Year if PSG currently sit as the third place team in Champions league league phase and second place in a domestic league.

  3. Ask yourself. You’re building a team and are able to chose any current player to start off with, there is no sane person who would choose Dembele as there first choice. No one.

  4. Remember: Laurens's wife works at Arsenal. How Rice keeps being in these midfields is beyond funny. Did PSG not have the best midfield in '25? Does Vitinha play alone in there? Rice was in no way better than Joao Neves or Fabian Ruiz. As for the CB position, how was Saliba better than Van Dijk? For team that's won nothing, Arsenal surely have a lot of "great" players. Arteta must be severly underachieving. In attack, any list where Raphinha isn't the first name is wrong.

  5. My 11

    Mbappe. – Demble – Rapinha

    Pedri – Vitinha. – Barella

    Mendes. – Bastoni – Pacho – Hakimi

    DONNARUMA

    1) Yamal can come in for either Mbappe, Barella or Rapinha
    2) Gabriel would be my 3rd choice CB
    3) Harry Kane, Olise, Kavicha and Hallend would be my Attacking substitute