With the arrival of the Christmas holidays, we enter the final stretch of the year. It's time for evaluations, reflections, and conclusions that accompany the closure of a cycle.Watch the entire Serie...
With the arrival of the Christmas holidays, we enter the final stretch of the year. It's time for evaluations, reflections, and conclusions that accompany the closure of a cycle.
In this article, we present what we believe were the best players of 2025 in Serie A. In the comments, let us know if you agree or, alternatively, who you would have included and in place of whom.
1️⃣ Christian Pulisic (Alessandro De Felice)
While Scott McTominay deservedly and indisputably remains the MVP of Serie A 2024/25, Christian Pulisic is considered a true factor and a decisive player from every perspective, which makes him the best in Serie A for the calendar year. The focus is clearly on the individual and not on a team that, after a shadowy first half of the calendar year, managed to recover thanks to the technical revolution in the summer. 18 goals in the calendar year, from the Super Cup victory to the elimination against Napoli. Heavy goals complemented by 16 assists.
A devastating impact in terms of scoring and playmaking, but also for his charismatic and leadership contribution to the team. In 2025, Pulisic's goals and assists have earned Milan a total of 17 points in the last championship (plus a goal and an assist in games where his contribution was not decisive, against Venezia and Udinese), along with the two goals in the Italian Super Cup victory, while this season he has already contributed to 15 points, including victories against Napoli and Inter, thanks to the decisive contribution of the American. A truly indispensable player for a Milan dreaming of the Scudetto. The extra man for Allegri's Devil.
2️⃣ Scott McTominay (Alessio D'Errico)
The first part of 2025 was too important not to reward the Scotsman from Napoli, despite a "normal" second half. The first 6 months of the year were out of this world: the mark on Napoli's Scudetto is his, not entirely but almost completely.
In the last matches where the Neapolitans had run out of steam, McTominay was a charismatic leader, technical leader, and relentless goal scorer. A demonstration of superiority at times embarrassing for a midfielder who broke the rules of Serie A.
3️⃣ Mile Svilar (Diego D'Avanzo)
The team that scored the most points in the calendar year is Roma: credit to the Ranieri treatment (certainly), credit to Gasperini's ideas (surely), but the only constant was the security of Mile Svilar. The goalkeeper of the Giallorossi is the most decisive player in Serie A not being a forward, and the numbers prove it: 42.5 expected goals conceded against only 35 actually taken in the last Serie A: that is 7.5 goals saved in the championship.
This season is going even better in all competitions: 18.6 expected goals against, only 13 actually conceded. Svilar is the main factor of this Roma also on a character level: a leader who doesn't shout too much, but when he saves and then looks at his teammates, it brings to mind only one word, Aura. After all, you must possess it in abundance to be the best player in Serie A in 2025.
4️⃣ Scott McTominay (Emanuele Garbato)
Beyond imagination. He arrived from Manchester United at the end of the summer market in 2024 as a box-to-box midfielder with a knack for scoring, and in the first months of his experience in Napoli, he lived up to those promises. But when at the beginning of 2025 the club sells Kvara without replacing him, magic happens. The Scotsman not only starts scoring in bursts but becomes a playmaker. He plays wide, dribbles, takes free kicks, and attracts every crucial ball. The Scudetto scissor kick against Cagliari is the eternal symbol of a player capable of executing any type of request perfectly.
Then a new season begins, with an additional Kevin De Bruyne in midfield. Conte is forced to sacrifice him as a pure left-wing forward, and initially, also due to missing preparation because of injury, he struggles. With the Belgian's injury, he regains his centrality and seems like the usual McFratm, the MVP of the last Serie A. However, he shows an additional facet with the midfield emergency. The coach is forced to lower him into a two-man line, asking him for a lot of work, complex tactical duties, and cooling his scoring tendency. He responds like a champion, interpreting the role with a naturalness that almost makes one forget the feats he can perform when called to be decisive in the area. Total player, a tornado that has engulfed the entire championship.
5️⃣ Frank Zambo Anguissa (Marco Alessandri)
There are few doubts that McTominay is the player of the year in Serie A. To suggest a different name, however, I go with the Scotsman's teammate at Napoli. A big season for the Cameroonian, who with his 6 goals and 5 assists greatly helped Conte lift the Scudetto.
It is said that confirming oneself is always more difficult than establishing oneself, and indeed in the championship, McTominay has so far scored just two goals, thus proving this rule. Different, however, is the case of Anguissa, who seems even able to improve his personal score from last year: a few months ago he finished with 6 goals in 35 appearances, today he is already at 4 goals in 11 appearances. Not bad at all.
6️⃣ Tijjani Reijnders (Matteo Rimoldi)
In a Milan dealing with post-Pioli difficulties, Tijjani Reijnders emerged as the true point of reference for the Rossoneri midfield. Both under the guidance of Fonseca and with Conceição, the Dutch talent never lost his shine, confirming himself as an absolute certainty in 2025.
His transfer to Manchester City for 60 million euros testifies to how much he has grown: 15 goals scored as a midfielder represent an extraordinary haul, confirming a dream year for the former AZ Alkmaar player, who became great at San Siro.
The recognition as MVP of the midfield, ahead of players like Barella and McTominay, sealed a personal season to be framed, while in the Premier League he continues to make headlines with high-level performances.
7️⃣ Scott McTominay (Vincenzo Visco)
Scott McTominay, even if he is not going through his best moment in this season finale, has been simply devastating for Napoli and, for me, the MVP of this 2025. His performances have often shifted the balance, leading the team in key moments. Heavy goals, often decisive, timely runs, and a dominant physical presence have made the difference in more than one match.
Even when his condition was not at its peak, the impact of the former Manchester United player remained evident: leadership, intensity, and the ability to influence both phases. A player who left a deep mark, proving decisive in the results and confirming himself as one of the main factors in Napoli's journey.
8️⃣ Christian Pulisic (Damiano Benzoni)
That Pulisic was a high-level player was already clear from his first two seasons at Milan. What we couldn't expect is that under Allegri's orders this season, he would manage to raise the bar even further. If Milan has returned to competing at the top after a transitional season, it is also and especially thanks to him. The shift from the wing to the center of the attack unleashed the American, making him a lethal weapon in the service of Milan's attack.
Allegri chose to sacrifice Pulisic's involvement in the game to enhance his scoring abilities, and he was rewarded with a player who needed only 14 attempts to score 7 times. And there were no lack of crucial goals, as Pulisic was involved in all three goals scored by Milan in victories against direct rivals Napoli and Inter, with two goals and an assist.
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