Despite falling short of winning a title with Liverpool, star forward Mohamed Salah was still considered the best player in the Premier League in 2021-22. As a result, Salah received the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year award on Thursday.
Salah finished the campaign as a joint top scorer of the league with 23 goals while also adding 13 assists. His contributions helped Liverpool finish just two points short of champions Manchester City on the standings.
“It’s a great honour to win a trophy, individual or collective, and this one is big so, very happy and very proud of that,” Salah, who already had one PFA Player of the Year honor on his resume, said in a statement.
Salah also highlights the PFA Premier League Team of the Year selection, which is mostly comprised of Liverpool and Man City players. The only outsiders are Manchester United’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Chelsea’s defender Antonio Rudiger.
PFA announced the recipients of other annual awards on Thursday as well. Man City’s Phil Foden got the PFA’s Young Player of the Year award, making him only the fifth player to get this honor twice in a row. Finally, manager Roy Hodgson, who last served as the boss of Watford, was named the recipient of the 2022 PFA Merit Award.
