Mohamed Salah, a forward for Liverpool, was one of the six players chosen for the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Men’s Player of the Year award on Friday.
With 29 goals and 18 assists, the 33-year-old helped Liverpool win the Premier League title last year.
The Football Writers’ Association chose the Egypt star as the clear favorite to win the PFA prize, winning almost 90% of the votes and the biggest winning margin in this century.
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Alexis Mac Allister, Alexis MacAllister, Declan Rice, Cole Palmer of Chelsea, Alexander Isak, a Newcastle striker, and Bruno Fernandes, a Manchester United midfielder, are also on the shortlist.
Given his struggles for Chelsea last season, Palmer was a surprise choice for the list. He won the PFA Young Player of the Year award for 2023-24.
In 52 games, Rice made a career-high nine goals and added 10 assists for Arsenal, who also had a top nine goals.
Newcastle qualified for the Champions League, won the League Cup, and ended a 56-year trophy drought with the 23 goals scored by Sweden’s Isak.
Eight league goals and ten assists made Fernandes one of United’s few bright spots during its worst top-flight campaign since 1973-74.
On August 19th, Manchester will host the awards ceremony of this year.
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