"I can't watch everything. The list will only contain players playing in Europe's 'top five' leagues. If you don't know what this refers to, it's a colloquial term used to describe England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1 as a collective, these five being the most commonly-agreed upon as the five best leagues on the continent."
"For some reason, the last time I did this, I used to get quite a bit of flak for preferring players who were in a good patch of form instead of the consistent performers. Newsflash, guys: that's the whole point. These rankings are meant to be dynamic and have a recency bias by design. It's meant to be a jumping-on point for people just tuning in rather than a history lesson on what's happened every week prior to today."
Europe's Finest returns after nearly two years to rank the top-performing players across Europe's top five leagues on a weekly, shifting basis. Rankings are subjective and influenced by which clubs receive the most attention. Eligible players are limited to the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1. Rankings prioritize recent form and intentionally include a recency bias rather than rewarding long-term consistency. The presenter generally limits the list to one player per club, with exceptions; Michael Olise, Joshua Kimmich, Raphinha and Bradley Barcola are named as players who miss out. International matches are excluded except during major tournaments.
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