While last year's Premier League was dominated by exciting young players, there's always a little Alan Hansen voice in the background shouting "you don't win anything with kids!"





This summer's transfer business has veered wildly between megabucks for young stars with bags of potential - £49m for Raheem Sterling, anyone? - and a far more reasonable fees for some older players who may not be able to give ten years of service, but can bring heaps of experience to the table - the likes of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Petr Cech spring to mind.





A big part of managing a football team (speaking from a heap of personal experience, obviously) is getting the youth/experience blend right. Harder than it looks.









For your perusal, we've got a table of the average ages of all 20 Premier League squads, in order from lowest to highest. It's no surprise that Tottenham have the youngest side - the only squad with an average age of under 25 - thanks to their first team being packed with players barely out of their academy.





West Brom's startlingly small squad is the oldest, despite most of their attacking hopes resting on the shoulders of a striker who doesn't turn 22 until next week.





A look at some of the numbers throw up some interesting insights. Manchester City for example appear to be a squad in slight decline - their Premier League showing last season was barely a shadow of the title-winning team from the previous season, and a quick glance at the table shows that they have one of the oldest squads in the league. The decline makes more sense when looking at an aging side, and Manuel Pellegrini will be hoping that the signings of Fabian Delph and Raheem Sterling can pump some life into the old dogs.













Not that we want to be throwing a load of numbers at you on a Wednesday or anything, but here's a full table of the stats.









​Club Squad size​ Age​ Tottenham Hotspur​ 29​ 24.9​ Newcastle United​ 33​ 25.1​ Liverpool​ 31​ 25.1​ Chelsea​ 31​ 25.6​ Southampton​ 26​ 25.9​ Manchester United​ 31​ 25.9​ West Ham United​ 26​ 26.3​ Aston Villa​ 27​ 26.4​ Arsenal​ 28​ 26.6​ ​Swansea City ​27 ​26.9 ​Norwich City ​29 ​26.9 AFC Bournemouth​ 27​ 27.3​ Watford​ 31​ 27.5​ Crystal Palace​ 31​ 27.6​ Sunderland​ 26​ 27.7​ Everton​ 24​ 27.7​ Manchester City​ 26​ 27.9​ Stoke City​ 25​ 28.0​ Leicester City​ 23​ 28.5​ West Bromwich Albion​ 20​ 28.6​





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