Among the eight players nominated for the best player of the season, Salah was shown as a favorite by far. Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch and Virgil Van Dijk, as well as Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest and Chris Wood, Alexander Isak from Newcastle, Declan Rice Rice and Brendord from Arsenal and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
However, with both the decisive role he played in the championship and his individual statistics, Salah managed to leave his rivals behind. The experienced player completed the season as a scorer of 28 goals and also took part in the summit in the assist kingdom with 18 assists.
The 32 -year -old star won this prize for the second time in his career. For the first time in 2017/2018 season, Salah was awarded the same title and became the new award after Phil Foden from Manchester City.