Ignore the critics – compelling characters and plot twists made this the best Premier League season yet

Arsenal outlasted their competition to win their first Premier League title in 22 years (Picture: Getty)

It’s been five days since the 2025-26 Premier League season ended and I’m already nostalgic for it.

Of course, the football world has already moved on – we have a Champions League final on Saturday, and anyway it’s all been preamble to the biggest, baddest, best-ever World Cup™.

But I think in a very short time we’ll be considering this season of top-flight football to have been one of the greats. It’s not a season of consistent quality that has set me alight – thou...