Kieran Trippier

England

Newcastle’s captain was Eddie Howe’s first signing last January and what a good investment the £12m it cost to prise Trippier away from Atlético Madrid has proved. After spending most of the past year raising the collective bar at St James’ Park, injuries to national right-back rivals dictate that a technically assured full-back almost equally adept at attacking and defending will be England’s first choice in the position in Qatar...