Salah Voted PFA Player Of The Year, Sane Best Young Player

Salah Voted PFA Player Of The Year, Sane Best Young Player

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Apr 22, 2018 11:50 PM

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) English Premier League Player of the Year.

Salah beat midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who also had a fine season with EPL champions Manchester City, to the award, which was held in London on Sunday night.

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, Manchester City’s Leroy Sane and David Silva, and Tottenham’s Harry Kane were also nominated for the award.

Egypt star Salah has scored 41 goals in 46 appearances in all competitions, 31 goals in the league, tying for most goals scored by a single player in a season in Premier League history.

Salah, 25, is the seventh different Liverpool player to win the PFA Player of the Year award after Luis Suarez (2014), Steven Gerrard (2006), John Barnes (1988), Ian Rush (1984),
Kenny Dalglish (1983) and Terry McDermott (1980).

Meanwhile, Sane was named Young Player of the Year, beating Kane among others to the award.