Mo Salah is England’s ‘Footballer of the Year’ again
LONDON –
Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah was voted “Footballer of the Yr” in England for a second time, and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has received the ladies’s award.
The Football Writers’ Association announced its awards on Friday and reported Salah garnered 48% of the vote, forward of Manchester Metropolis playmaker Kevin De Bruyne and West Ham midfielder Declan Rice.
The Egypt star, who additionally received in 2018, has tallied 30 targets and 14 assists throughout all competitions for Liverpool this season.
Liverpool trails Manchester Metropolis by one level within the Premier League title race, so it is no shock their gamers dominated the votes; 9 Liverpool gamers acquired nominations, and Metropolis had six.
The award has gone to a Liverpool or Metropolis participant for 5 straight seasons. Metropolis defender Ruben Dias received final 12 months.
The ladies’s award, launched in 2018, was open to the total FWA membership for the primary time. It was beforehand determined by an knowledgeable panel.
Kerr captured 40% of the vote, forward of Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema and Manchester Metropolis ahead Lauren Hemp.
The Australia star has scored 18 targets within the Girls’s Tremendous League for first-place Chelsea and 28 targets in whole. Her membership teammate Fran Kirby received final 12 months.
The awards can be introduced at an FWA dinner subsequent Thursday.
“Each Mo and Sam have been excellent this season, breaking information for each membership and nation,” FWA chair Carrie Brown stated. “In addition to their performances on the pitch, they’re leaders and normal bearers of excellence at their golf equipment and respective leagues.
“The actual fact they’ve received by such convincing margins underlines simply how spectacular they’ve been this season which has been acknowledged by our members.”
