Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has been crowned the Premier League player of the season after having a brilliant season for Liverpool and helping them to win the Premier League title.
Mo Salah, held off the challenge from fellow team-mates and contenders, Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch, who was named young player of the season.
It is the second time the 32-year-old Egyptian has won the award, which is decided after votes from the public are combined with those from a panel of football experts, having also claimed it in the 2017-18 campaign by breaking a lot of records.
Shortlisted for the awards were Arsenal’s Declan Rice, Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White, Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo, and Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest.
It is the first time since the 2018-19 season that a player not on the books of Manchester City has not won the award.
Liam Delap (Ipswich), Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest), Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Joao Pedro (Brighton), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) and William Saliba (Arsenal) were also on the young player shortlist.
Going into Sunday’s final game of the season against Crystal Palace, Salah has 28 league goals – five more than anyone else – as well as 18 assists – six more than any other player and two off the record of 20 held by Thierry Henry and Kevin de Bruyne.
A couple of weeks ago, Salah was also named Football Writers’ Association footballer of the year for the third time after receiving more than 90% of the votes.
This season he also became the highest-scoring overseas player in Premier League history, overtaking Sergio Aguero’s 184 goals, and signed a new two-year contract to stay at Anfield until 2027.