Lewy leads WhoScored Europe Team of the Season so far as Messi & Ronaldo absent

We have already revealed the best WhoScored rated summer signings XI from Europe's top five leagues and now it is time to run through the best-rated XI overall. 

Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi makes the XI, with the latter missing a large chunk of Barcelona's games through injury and the former yet to hit top form.

Goalkeeper: Salvatore Sirigu (Torino) - 7.29 rating

Former Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu has been immense ever since joining Torino and his start to this season has proved no exception.

Right-back: Ricardo Pereira (Leicester) - 7.51 rating

Pereira has two goals in eight league appearances for Leicester this season, while only two players have made more tackles than the Portugal international (35) in Europe's top five leagues.

Centre-back: Joel Matip (Liverpool) - 7.62 rating

Virgil van Dijk has rightly taken all of the plaudits for Liverpool's defensive displays in the last 12 months but Joel Matip has quietly developed into one of the best defenders in the league this season. 

Center-back: Willy Boly (Wolves) - 7.47 rating

Boly averaged 4.8 clearances per league game last term but that figure is up to 7.1 this term, which is a return only two player can better in the Premier League.

Left-back: Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund) - 7.35 rating

Hakimi has two goals and one assist in seven league appearances this season and picked up the WhoScored Man of the Match award in Dortmund's final league game before the international break. 

Left-wing: Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) - 7.98 rating

The 25-year-old has scored five goals in five league matches for Sassuolo so far this season, which includes a hat-trick in his first appearance of the season. Berardi has also registered two assists in that time.

Central midfield: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - 8.05 rating

De Bruyne has registered at least three more assists than any other player in Europe's top five leagues this season (8). He averages the most key passes per game (4.1) and has created the most clear-cut goalscoring chances on the continent (10) so far this season.

Central midfield: Luis Alberto (Lazio) - 7.79 rating

The Spaniard appears back to his best for Lazio this term and has already matched his tally for assists from the entirety of last term (five). Furthermore, no player has completed more through balls than Alberto (four) in Europe's top five leagues this season.

Left-wing: Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) - 8.06 rating

Neymar has scored in four of his first five league appearances, including in three 1-0 wins,  and has picked up the WhoScored Man of the Match award on three occasions in that time. 

Striker: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 8.28 rating

The Bayern Munich striker has remarkably scored in every single league appearance this season and is already halfway to matching his total from last season, with just seven games played.

Striker: Islam Slimani (Monaco) - 8.09 rating

The 31-year-old has remarkably played a direct hand in nine goals in six league appearances for Monaco this season (four goals, five assists).