The dream team: Arsenal's midfield ace Mesut Ozil set to join Liverpool star in Twitter XI
THE Premier League season is over and fans can now start debating which stars deserve a place in their 2015 dream teams.
Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil
There's plenty of names to choose from and Twitter have already decided on their own using a few social media veriables.
If the team of the season was determined by Twitter mentions for instance, then we'd be seeing a rather different picture emerge.
And this is how it would shape up in a 4-3-3 formation:
- GK: David De Gea
- RB: Pablo Zabaleta
- CDR: Vincent Kompany
- CDL: Rio Ferdinand
- LB: Luke Shaw
- MR: Mesut Ozil
- CM: Joey Barton
- ML: Cesc Fabregas
- AML: Alexis Sanchez
- ST: Radamel Falcao
- AMR: Mario Balotelli
However, if the final league standings were based on Twitter conversations, instead of on-pitch success, Manchester United would be champions, not Chelsea.
Other Twitter stats include:
Most-Tweeted matches:
- 1. Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United - March 22nd 2015
- 2. Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool - December 14th 2014
- 3. Manchester United 4-2 Manchester City - April 12th 2015
- 4. Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea - October 26th 2014
- 5. Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal - October 5th 2014
Ten managers that have been discussed the most on Twitter this season are:
- 1. Jose Mourinho
- 2. Louis Van Gaal
- 3. Arsene Wenger
- 4. Brendan Rodgers
- 5. Manuel Pellegrini
- 6. Alan Pardew
- 7. Tim Sherwood
- 8. Ronald Koeman
- 9. Mauricio Pochettino
- 10. Harry Redknapp
The five match officials that have sparked the most conversation on Twitter this season:
- 1. Michael Oliver
- 2. Mike Dean
- 3. Martin Atkinson
- 4. Phil Dowd
- 5. Mark Clattenburg
The Most-followed Premier League teams:
- 1. Arsenal (@Arsenal) - 5.8 million followers
- 2. Chelsea (@ChelseaFC) - 5.6 million followers
- 3. Manchester United (@ManUtd) - 5.1 million followers
- 4. Liverpool (@LFC) - 4.3 million followers
- 5. Manchester City (@MCFC) - 2.5 million followers