Salah wins PFA Participant of the Yr award for unprecedented third time

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, who topped the Premier League scoring final season, turns into the primary participant to win the Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation Participant of the Yr award thrice

MANCHESTER, England – Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah was named the Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation (PFA) Participant of the Yr on Tuesday, August 19 (Wednesday, August 20, Manila time), with the Egyptian changing into the primary participant to win the award thrice.

Salah, who joined Liverpool in 2017, was the Premier League’s prime scorer final season, along with his 29 targets, together with 18 assists, enjoying a key position within the membership successful the league title, ending 10 factors forward of runner-up Arsenal.

The 33-year-old had already clinched the Premier League Participant of the Season award, the Golden Boot for many targets scored, and the Playmaker award for many assists, making him the primary participant to win all three awards in the identical season.

Salah first gained the PFA award in 2018 after his first season at Liverpool, and once more in 2022, and this 12 months got here out on prime of a six-man shortlist, voted for by PFA members from the 92 Premier League and Soccer League groups.

That shortlist included his Liverpool teammate Alexis Mac Allister, together with Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak, Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, Arsenal’s Declan Rice, and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer.

Salah signed a two-year contract extension with Liverpool in April, ending months of hypothesis linking him with a transfer to the Saudi Professional League.

Aston Villa and England midfielder Morgan Rogers was voted Younger Participant of the Yr, after the 23-year-old scored eight league targets in his 37 begins final season and netted 4 targets within the Champions League together with a hat-trick in opposition to Celtic.

Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey was named Ladies’s Participant of the Yr. The Spaniard scored 9 league targets in her first season with the membership together with eight targets within the Champions League the place Arsenal beat her former membership Barcelona to win the trophy.

Canadian 21-year-old ahead Olivia Smith, Liverpool’s main scorer final season throughout all competitions with 9 targets, picked up the Younger Participant of the Yr award.

Smith has since joined Arsenal for a reported price of 1 million kilos ($1.35 million), making her the primary feminine participant to interrupt the seven-figure barrier.

Liverpool had 4 gamers from final season, together with Salah, named within the Premier League group of the 12 months, together with new signing from Bournemouth, Milos Kerkez. – Rappler.com