Youngest to Oldest: The Average Age of Every Squad in the Premier League This Season
Age is a big deal when it comes to top level football. Too young and teams may not have the experience or knowhow to succeed, but too old and they may not be fast enough or fit enough.
Ranked from youngest to oldest, here's a look at the average age of every Premier League squad this season...
20. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 24.8 years
Oldest Player: Joao Moutinho (31)
Youngest Player: Morgan Gibbs-White (18)
With summer signing Joao Moutinho the old man of the team at 31 years of age and 14 players aged 23 or younger, Wolves are both incredibly talented and extremely youthful.
19. Manchester City - 25.6 years
Oldest Player: Claudio Bravo (35)
Youngest Player: Phil Foden (18)
What is frightening about Manchester City is that they are already the best team in the Premier League, yet are remarkably the second youngest and so could feasibly dominate for years.
18. Huddersfield Town - 25.6 years
Oldest Player: Ben Hamer (30)
Youngest Player: Ryan Schofield (18)
Huddersfield are in their second season of Premier League football with the experience of surviving relegation under their belt, but equally with plenty of youth on their side for the future.
17. Everton - 25.6 years
Oldest Player: Phil Jagielka (35)
Youngest Player: Beni Baningime (19)
The summer signings of Richarlison (21), Yerry Mina (23), Andre Gomes (25), Lucas Digne (25) and Kurt Zouma (23) have all served to bring down the average age of Everton's squad.
16. Fulham - 25.8 years
Oldest Player: Tim Ream (30)
Youngest Player: Ryan Sessegnon (18)
After a sensational promotion winning campaign last season, teenage rising starlet Ryan Sessegnon will be the focus of much of the attention on Fulham over the course of the season.
15. Southampton - 25.9 years
Oldest Player: Steven Davis (33)
Youngest Player: Josh Sims (21)
Ever since returning to the Premier League, Southampton have had many exciting home grown youngsters to look to. Despite the squad's overall young age, that is no longer the case.
14. Liverpool - 26 years
Oldest Player: Ragnar Klavan (32)
Youngest Player: Trent Alexander-Arnold (19)
With only four players 30 or older in their 30-man first-team squad, Liverpool fans will be hoping that the relative youth of Naby Keita (23) and others will mean a bright future at Anfield.
13. Tottenham Hotspur - 26.3 years
Oldest Player: Michel Vorm (34)
Youngest Player: Juan Foyth (20)
Tottenham possess a good spread of ages, with Harry Kane (25), Dele Alli (22) and Eric Dier (24) all on the younger side of the average age. Only five are actually older than 30, though.
12. Newcastle United - 26.8 years
Oldest Player: Rob Elliot (31)
Youngest Player: Freddie Woodman (21)
After an unhappy summer transfer window, Newcastle fans are relying on the managerial expertise and experience of Rafa Benitez to make this season a success like last season's top half finish.
11. Leicester City - 26.8 years
Oldest Player: Wes Morgan (34)
Youngest Player: Hamza Choudhury (20)
Leicester's squad may be in the middle when it comes to overall average age, but there was a very youthful feel to the side that faced Manchester United last week, with four 21-year-olds included in the squad.
10. Chelsea - 26.8 years
Oldest Player: Robert Green (38)
Youngest Player: Ethan Ampadu (17)
More than 20 years separates the youngest and oldest players in the current first-team squad at Chelsea. It is an age range of 21 compared to just 10 at some other Premier League clubs.
9. Watford - 27 years
Oldest Player: Heurelho Gomes (37)
Youngest Player: Domingos Quina (18)
Watford's transfer deadline day capture of Domingos Quina makes the former West Ham and Chelsea talent the youngest player in the Hornets squad and one of three teenagers in total.
8. Arsenal - 27 years
Oldest Player: Petr Cech (36)
Youngest Player: Matteo Guendouzi (19)
Arsenal have plenty of experience at the back this season, with Petr Cech (36), Stephan Lichtsteiner (34), Nacho Monreal (32), Lauren Koscielny (32) and Sokratis (30) all 30 or older.
7. Manchester United - 27.1 years
Oldest Player: Lee Grant (35)
Youngest Player: Diogo Dalot (19)
Manchester United's first-team squad could feasibly get younger over the course of the season if Jose Mourinho sees fit to permanently promote the likes of Tahith Chong (18) and others.
6. Brighton & Hove Albion - 27.2 years
Oldest Player: Bruno (37)
Youngest Player: Viktor Gyokeres (20)
Brighton fans will be hoping their team can use its collective experience to extend the club's stay in the Premier League into a third season after impressively beating the drop in 2017/18.
5. Bournemouth - 27.2 years
Oldest Player: Artur Boruc (38)
Youngest Player: Aaron Ramsdale (20)
Bournemouth have the Premier League's longest serving manager in Eddie Howe and also one of the oldest squads, featuring a real spread out mix of old timers and new talents.
4. Crystal Palace - 27.5 years
Oldest Player: Julian Speroni (39)
Youngest Player: Aaron Wan-Bissaka (20)
Julian Speroni extended his Crystal Palace contract yet again over the summer and is a reason why the squad's average age is high. He is the oldest player by as many as seven years.
3. West Ham United - 27.8 years
Oldest Player: Pablo Zabaleta (33)
Youngest Player: Declan Rice (19)
Over a third of West Ham's 26-man squad have reached their 30th birthday to give the Hammers a vintage feel this season. £22m summer signing Issa Diop is one of the youngest.
2. Cardiff City - 27.9 years
Oldest Player: Brian Murphy (35)
Youngest Player: Ibrahim Meite (21)
As the second oldest squad in the division, newly promoted Cardiff certainly have minutes under their belt, but they lack experience at this level with only a handful of players with a Premier League past.
1. Burnley - 28.8 years
Oldest Player: Jonathan Walters (34)
Youngest Player: Aiden O'Neill (20)
The average age of Burnley's squad is almost a year older than the next oldest in the Premier League, with the Clarets possessing just two first team players aged 24 or under.
Data sourced from Transfermarkt - information accurate on date of publication