Arsenal finished off their 2023/24 Premier League season with a 2–1 win against Everton at home on Sunday.
Although the result was not enough to win the title, William Saliba, Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka made BBC's Team of the Season.
On Saliba, Garth Crooks said: "Last season Arsenal lost out on the title because Saliba missed vital matches during their run-in. This season Saliba has started every game and the Gunners have still been outgunned by a Manchester City side who have become serial winners.
"The France international defender, however, has an impeccable manner about him and puts all those defenders who kick and tear their way through games to shame. Saliba is a class act and players with his talent should be winning things."
On Rice, he added: "I can't remember a professional footballer living with a price tag so comfortably. The sheer weight of the £105 million Rice cost Arsenal would have destroyed most players.
"However, we are dealing with a rather special individual who has improved the Gunners, and placed them in a position where they are capable of beating any team on their day. They may not have won the title or the Champions League but they are edging closer to both with every season."
Here's what Crooks said about Odegaard: "Normally my player of the season goes to the best player of whichever team wins the Premier League title. However, this year I am prepared to make an exception for an exceptional player.
"Odegaard is more than just a professional footballer, he's a throwback to what captains of big clubs used to be like. Outstanding player, great leader and respected by his team-mates. Odegaard is all of those things. He has little time for the spotlight and is only interested in getting the job done. The game needs more like him."
On Saka, he concluded: "I've no doubt that Saka will be devastated by his team missing out on lifting the Premier League title, but hopefully his fortunes will change at Euro 2024 this summer in Germany.
"Arsenal's leading goalscorer, who was written off and racially abused by trolls on social media after missing his penalty in the Euro 2020 final shootout three years ago, has certainly come a long way since then. Those who abused and wrote him off on that infamous evening are looking rather foolish now."
BBC's Premier League Team of the Season
