MOHAMED SALAH has won his second PFA Premier League Player of the Year award after his sensational 2021-22 season, with Phil Foden retaining his Young Player gong.
The Liverpool star, 29, joins a prestigious list of legends including Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry to win the annual award more than once.
Mohamed Salah has won his second PFA Premier League Player of the Year award.
Phil Foden has been awarded the PFA Premier League Young Player of the Year award for a second straight year.
Salah tied Son Heung-min for the Golden Boot with 23 goals last season.
The Egyptian star joins Ronaldo, Henry, Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Gareth Bale and Kevin de Bruyne as the only stars to win the award more than once.
On his reward for a fine season, Liverpool ace Salah said: “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.
"This one is a really good one to win, especially because it’s voted by players.
"It shows you that you’ve worked really hard and you get what you worked for.
"I have my room with trophies in a cabinet and I made sure that I had another space for one more.
"I always keep space and just try to imagine that the trophies are going to come.”
Salah added: “When you get older, you feel like you’re more stable and you know exactly what you want from football so I’m just trying to really chill and help the team.
"That’s why I think I also won the playmaker because it’s like you’re more aware of the game, so you just try to make the people next to you better and try to make yourself better as well.”
Meanwhile, Foden becomes the fifth person to win the Young Player of the Year gong two years in a row.
The Man City and England ace, 22, follows Ryan Giggs, Robbie Fowler, Wayne Rooney and Dele Alli in winning back-to-back PFA Premier League Young Player of the Year awards.
On his win, the attacking midfielder said: “I'm really honoured to be honest, especially to win it back-to-back, it shows that I've come a long way this year with the consistency of my game.
"I’m really pleased to win it again.
"All the best players in the world have got to show consistency and keep performing at the higher level, and this year I've just tried to do that and try and help my team as much as possible.
"I’ve been really happy with my performances this year.
"Hopefully I can win the main award in the future, but it’s all about taking small steps and improving.
"I always love winning individual awards, it’s just nice to look at and see how far you've come so, yeah, I’m really pleased.”
Sadio Mane - set to move to Bayern Munich - joined his Reds pal and Manchester United star Ronaldo in attack.
Alisson beat Ederson to a spot between the sticks with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk joined by Antonio Rudiger and Joao Cancelo in defence.
Thiago was named alongside Man City duo De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva in midfield in the star-studded XI.
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