The 33-year-old Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah was awarded the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year on Tuesday, marking the first time an individual has secured this distinction three times. Since joining Liverpool in 2017, Salah has been instrumental to the team’s success. Last season, he led the Premier League in goals with 29 and contributed 18 assists, significantly influencing Liverpool’s league title win, finishing 10 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal.
Salah won the Premier League Player of the Season, Golden Boot, and Playmaker awards—becoming the first to secure all three in one season. Previously, he received the PFA award in 2018 and 2022, and this year was chosen from a six-man shortlist that included Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Declan Rice (Arsenal) Bruno Fernandes (Man. United), Cole Palmer (Chelsea) and Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey was awarded Women’s Player of the Year for netting nine league goals and eight in the Champions League, helping Arsenal defeat Barcelona to win the trophy. Aston Villa and England’s Morgan Rogers was named Young Player of the Year after scoring eight league goals and four Champions League goals, including a hat-trick against Celtic.
Olivia Smith, a 21-year-old Canadian forward, was Liverpool’s top scorer last season with nine goals and won Young Player of the Year. She has now joined Arsenal for a record fee of one million pounds, becoming the first female player to surpass seven figures.
