Mohamed Salah wins a record third PFA Player of Year award as Liverpool quartet make Team of Year
Salah's stunning form in 2024/25 saw him dominate the voting by the PFA's membership and enter the history books as the first three-time Player of the Year winner.
The PFA crown complements the record-equalling third Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award picked up earlier in the year.
PFA Women's Player of the Year Caldentey, 29, moved to Arsenal last summer and scored 19 goals in all competitions, including eight on the Gunners' way to lifting the Champions League with a victory in the final against her former club Barcelona.
Olivia Smith recently joined Caldentey at Arsenal in a world-record deal and has been named PFA Women's Young Player of the Year following her superb season at Liverpool.
Morgan Rogers has scooped the PFA Men's Young Player of the Year award following a brilliant campaign that saw the Aston Villa attacking midfielder make his England breakthrough.
Salah is joined in the 2024/25 PFA Premier League Team of the Year by Liverpool teammates Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister.
Milos Kerkez, who moved to Anfield from Bournemouth in the summer, is also selected, as are the Arsenal trio of William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice.
Matz Sels and Chris Wood are recognised for their fine campaigns at Nottingham Forest, while unsettled striker Alexander Isak has been included in recognition of his excellent form at Newcastle last term.
Chelsea's Cole Palmer and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes missed out on the XI despite being shortlisted for the Player of the Year award.
ADVERTISEMENT
The PFA Women's Super League Team of the Year side includes two players from champions Chelsea, Erin Cuthbert and Millie Bright.
Caldentey, Alessia Russo, Emily Fox and Kim Little are selected, as are Manchester City pair Yui Hasegawa and Mary Fowler and the Manchester United trio of Phallon Tullis-Joyce, Maya Le Tissier and Jayde Riviere.
James Trafford, now of Manchester City, has become the first goalkeeper to be named Championship Player of the Year following his brilliant performances between the sticks during Burnley's promotion campaign.
Richard Kone's 21-goal haul for Wycombe in his first full season at professional level saw the 22-year-old, who last week signed for QPR, named League One Player of the Year.
Bromley striker Michael Cheek's impressive first season in the EFL, in which he scored 25 league goals for the promoted side, saw him awarded the League Two Player of the Year trophy.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Irish Sun
3 minutes ago
- The Irish Sun
Mikel Arteta's Arsenal transfer spending tops £1billion and passes Pep Guardiola as Ebereche Eze deal nears completion
ARSENAL'S £67.5million acquisition of Eberechi Eze is set to take Mikel Arteta's transfer spending to north of £1billion. The Gunners hijacked Tottenham's swoop for Eze after Thomas Frank's side had struck a deal with Crystal Palace. 6 Eberechi Eze is set to sign for Arsenal from Crystal Palace Credit: PA 6 Mikel Arteta has splashed the cash at Arsenal Credit: Getty 6 Arsenal spent big on Viktor Gyokeres earlier this summer Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Eze, 27, will undergo a medical at London Colney on Friday after featuring for Palace against Fredrikstad in the Conference League tonight. Arsenal have splashed the cash once again this summer, forking out around £270m on Martin Zubimendi, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard, Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke, Cristhian Mosquera and Eze. Since arriving in December 2019, Arteta has been allowed to fork out plenty of money in order to reshape his squad. The imminent arrival of Eze takes the Spaniard's spending to around £1.097bn. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL SPURRED ON Spurs 'decide to make club record bid for new target after Eze deal hijacked' For context, Pep Guardiola's mega-rich Manchester City have spent around £975m on transfers over the same period. Of the Arsenal starting XI that was picked against Manchester United last weekend, only Bukayo Saka and William Saliba were not signed by Arteta. But for every recruitment success story such as Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice, there are some horrors. For example, in 2022 the Gunners splashed around £34m on Fabio Vieira. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK 6 Arsenal are currently struggling to shift the Portuguese flop, after he endured an average season on loan at Porto in his homeland last time out. The Gunners also spent £19.5m on Takehiro Tomiyasu, who has since had his contract terminated a year early, as well as £32m on fringe player Oleksandr Zinchenko. How Arsenal survived Man Utd's attacks with 'forcefield defence' 6 TRANSFER NEWS LIVE - KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST FROM A BUSY SUMMER WINDOW Injury-plagued Gabriel Jesus cost £45m, while the Gunners also spent £17m on forgotten man Albert Sambi Lokonga in 2021. City, meanwhile, landed Erling Haaland for a snip at £51.4m - but did splurge £100m on Jack Grealish and £45m on Kalvin Phillips. Since Arteta left his Etihad Stadium post as Guardiola's No2 to rock up at Arsenal, Man City have won four Prem titles, an FA Cup, two League Cups and the Champions League. Arsenal, meanwhile, have won a solitary FA Cup, back in 2020 behind closed doors due to Covid-19. Remarkably, no player from the starting XI that day remains at the club - with Kieran Tierney the last man standing before moving on in the summer. Of the matchday squad the last time the Gunners won a major trophy, only unused substitutes Saka and Reiss Nelson are still on the books.
Irish Daily Mirror
32 minutes ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Brendan Rodgers aware that fan unrest at board leads to manager casualties
Brendan Rodgers heard the Celtic board come under fire from fans after his fears were founded with a goalless draw against Kairat Almaty in the first leg of the Champions League play-off. Much of the build-up to the game at Parkhead was centred on if and when Rodgers would further bolster his squad for the European campaign, but there were no late signings. It was a frustrating night for the Hoops and in the second half fans, also frustrated by a lack of transfer activity, chanted 'sack the board' and aimed their ire at chief executive Michael Nicholson and chairman Peter Lawwell, while there were further chants and boos after the game. Rodgers said: 'I think it was pretty clear. You didn't need to look into the future too far. 'You know these games are tough games and you want to have your best players in and have players in as quick as you can to tackle these sorts of situations. 'But listen, it is what it is and I just have to accept where it's at and we'll now get ready for Saturday and then the long haul on Sunday. 'Then we'll try and get through on Tuesday.' Asked about the fans' reaction, the Northern Irishman said: 'I do know that, over many years, 'sack the board' normally means 'sack the manager'. 'It's normally the manager that goes when that starts to be sung. 'I can only really look at the players we have here, and the performance. 'We've known for a long time what we've needed as a squad, so I don't want to go into that. 'Of course, at the end of the game, we're having to shuffle things about to try and make it work. 'The players are out of position, but the players' endeavour in the second half was really good. 'But at this level, it's more than that. So hopefully we can show that. 'The boys are a great bunch of lads, they're really honest. They've started the season well. 'Defensively, they've been strong. But tonight, offensively, we just couldn't show those moments of quality to break through. 'We need to improve the squad. There was clarity around that for a long time. 'So we see that. I think supporters see that. We certainly do in football. We need to improve. 'This is a performance club. This is a club that has to perform. And that starts on the field. You do that with getting the very best players you possibly can to allow you to perform.'
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Irish Examiner
Bournemouth sign Morocco winger Adli on five-year deal
Bournemouth have signed Morocco winger Amine Adli on a five-year contract from German side Bayer Leverkusen, the Premier League club said on Thursday as they continue their recruitment drive after losing several key players. Financial details were not disclosed, but British media reported that the 25-year-old France-born Morocco international was signed for a fee of around £25 million. Adli joins Ben Doak, Adrien Truffert, Dorde Petrovic and Bafode Diakite as new additions at Bournemouth. The club lost Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid, Milos Kerkez to Liverpool and Illia Zabarnyi to Paris Saint-Germain in the close season. Adli started his senior career at French side Toulouse before moving to Leverkusen in 2021. He registered 23 goals and 25 assists in 143 appearances for the German club, helping them to an undefeated domestic league and Cup double in the 2023-24 season. "Amine is a proven winner and someone that will be a real asset to our squad," Bournemouth's President of Football Operations Tiago Pinto said in a statement. "He's someone that has competed at the highest level and his ambition is very much aligned with ours." Adli will link up with Bournemouth ahead of Saturday's Premier League home game against Wolves. Bournemouth, who finished ninth last season, lost their opener against reigning Premier League champions Liverpool 4-2 last week. Reuters
