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Egyptian hitman Mohamed Salah of Liverpool fc has won the Player of the Year Award by England’s Professional Footballers’ Association.
He thus become the first Egyptian to receive the award.
Salah was rewarded for his performances which have yielded 41 goals in all competitions since joining from AS Roma last year, helping Liverpool reach the Champions League semi-finals and secure a likely top-four finish in the Premier League.
The 25-year-old tops a six-man shortlist, voted for by PFAmembers from the 92 Premier League and Football League teams, that also included league title winners in Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and David Silva.
Sane did, however, win the Young Player of the Year award while Fran Kirby of Chelsea Ladies was named women’s Player of the Year.
The Egyptian goalpoacher had earlier added the BBC Africa footballer's Award to his kitty.
He also led his Egyptian National team the Pharohs to pick ticket to Russia 2018 world cup in June.
Salah, who will be playing against his former team AS Roma on Tuesday, said he hopes to follow up the recognition received from his peers with silverware for the team.
“My personal ambition is to win something with the team. I always think about the team, I don’t think about myself,”
