The Premier League champions are Manchester City, Liverpool were a single point off it and overall the competition’s best players play for one of those two clubs. That doesn’t make for a particularly interesting ranking system though, and there have been some stellar performances from individuals at other clubs which need to be considered. Using a combination of our monthly player rankings lists with data to produce overall scores in six categories (attack, vision, passing, defence, physical and dribbling) we have ranked the top 30 players of the 2018/19 season. There is naturally an element of human judgment involved too. I have watched an awful lot of football this season. And so we begin. The best 30 players in the league are: 30. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) Put down the chair, relax – Pogba deserves a place in our list. Stop laughing, it’s true. Just. Although dreadfully inconsistent, prone to throwing arms in a strop rather than do things like, you know, tackling people or track runners, he is stupidly talented. Thirteen goals and nine assists is a big improvement on last season (even if seven goals were penalties), and when United were flying for a few months in the post-Mourinho world, Pogba really was fantastic. Some of his…