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Tuesday 1 May 2018

Salah Gets Writers Award


Since winning the CAF Footballer's Award Egyptian star Striker Mohammed Salah has not stopped winning accolades for the beautiful football and discipline on and off the field.

The latest is Salah has become the first African winner of the English Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year Award.

The Egyptian who strikes for Liverpool fc beats Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne who came second with Tottenham striker Harry Kane was third.

Salah, 25, has scored 31 goals in 34 league appearances for Liverpool this season.

The Egypt star had won the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award in April.

Chelsea and England forward Fran Kirby won the inaugural FWA Women's Footballer of the Year award.

Salah has scored 43 goals in all competitions after signing for £34m from Roma in the summer.

The former Chelsea and Basel winger netted twice in the first leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final win against his former club AS Roma at Anfield last week.

Jurgen Klopp's side travel to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday for the return leg with a 5-2 lead over the Italians.

Other players who received votes from FWA members were: Sergio Aguero (Man City), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Nick Pope (Burnley), David Silva (Manchester City), Raheem Sterling (Man City) and Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)

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