Whose stock rose and fell during the Premier League season?

The ups and downs of the 2017/18 season.

What a season it has been in the Premier League – highs and lows for players and managers alike.

Here, we pick out five individuals who were on the rise in the 2017-18 season and five who were on the way down compared to the previous campaign.

On the up

Mohamed Salah

Joined Liverpool from Roma for £34million last summer – but the Egyptian has proved a bargain. The former Chelsea forward became the first Liverpool player to score over 40 goals for 34 years and was named the Footballer of the Year after inspiring Jurgen Klopp’s side to the Champions League final.

Raheem Sterling

Everton v Manchester City – Premier League – Goodison Park — Raheem Sterling has shone in Manchester City’s title-winning season (Nigel French/Empics)

Sean Dyche

The gravel-voiced Dyche had worked wonders just to keep new boys Burnley in the top flight 12 months earlier. But life got even better at Turf Moor as Dyche masterminded a seventh-placed finish on one of the division’s lowest budgets. Burnley’s next stop is Europe – for the first time in 51 years.

Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion – Premier League – Selhurst Park — Roy Hodgson saved Crystal Palace from relegation after a terrible start under Frank de Boer (Steve Paston/PA)

Brighton rocks

The jury was out on whether newly-promoted Brighton had the quality to survive their first Premier League campaign. But boss Chris Hughton played a blinder as he put a solid centre-back base in place – Lewis Dunk leading the most blocks list and partner Shane Duffy top of the clearances and headed clearances categories.

On the slide

Paul Pogba

Overtaken as the world’s most expensive player in the summer of 2017 by Neymar, Pogba’s stock at Manchester United fell. There was injury, loss of form and a reported fall-out with United boss Jose Mourinho. It was even claimed he was offered to Manchester City in January – a story to which Pogba replied with a ‘Say what?’ tweet.

David Luiz

Norwich City v Chelsea – FA Cup – Third Round – Carrow Road — David Luiz lost his Chelsea place after a training ground row with Antonio Conte (Joe Giddens/PA)

West Ham board

West Ham United Crowd Trouble — West Ham fans gather in front the directors’ box in order to vent their frustrations against the club’s owners in March (Andy Sims/PA)

Petr Cech

Arsenal v Southampton – Premier League – Emirates Stadium — Veteran Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech made some high-profile mistakes (Tim Goode/PA)

Saido Berahino

Stoke paid West Brom £12million for Berahino in January 2017, but the wait goes on for the former England Under-21 striker to repay that investment with a single goal. In February, Berahino reached the landmark of two years without scoring, and two months later he was banished to the under-23s by manager Paul Lambert for poor discipline. Stoke were duly relegated.