Swansea City
Ashley Williams, Ki Sung-Yueng, and Gylfi Sigurdsson
These three are currently Swansea’s most important stars, although Wilfried Bony would have been a much bigger miss had he left the club during the summer rather than in January.
They have an excellent balance throughout the team however, and would likely survive without Williams, Ki, or the recently returned Sigurdsson.
Tottenham
Hugo Lloris, Christian Eriksen, and Harry Kane
Arguably the easiest three to pick, this trio have been superb for Spurs this season.
Lloris is arguably the best keeper in the league behind David de Gea, and has been hugely important to Tottenham’s success.
Eriksen has popped up with a number of vital last minute goals, and has been influential in their midfield.
Kane has just been on another level, and there is no telling where Spurs would be without him. He is in fine goalscoring form, and has been winning games on his own this season.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side would surely be lounging in mid table mediocrity without these three.
West Bromwich Albion
Joloen Lescott, Darren Fletcher, and Saido Berahino
The Baggies’ defensive stability since the return of Tony Pulis has been hugely important, and is likely to be the thing that keeps them up this season.
Lescott and Fletcher have been hugely important in that matter, and will no doubt continue to prove so as we head into the tail end of the season.
The club arguably wouldn’t have been in the position they were without the goals of Berahino however, who was instrumental in their early season success.
West Ham
Adrian, Winston Reid, and Stewart Downing
Sam Allardyce has had to deal with a lot this season, and the club has been plagued by injuries. They have therefore had to rely on a host of different players, and would be unlikely to miss these three too much.
Downing was superb at the start of the season, but he has barely contributed in the latter stages of the campaign.
The club obviously wouldn’t have enjoyed the fantastic form they did at the start of the season without these three, but they would surely have still managed Premier League survival.
How would things look?
FourFourTwo believe this is how the Premier League table would look if each team were stripped of their three best players:
1. Arsenal
2. Chelsea
3. Southampton
4. Liverpool
5. Man City
6. Man United
7. Swansea
8. Crystal Palace
9. Stoke
10. Tottenham
11. West Brom
12. West Ham
13. Newcastle
14. Everton
15. Aston Villa
16. Sunderland
17. Leicester
18. Hull
19. Burnley
20. QPR
What do you think?