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View the PFA Players' Player of the Year Award Winners since the 2011/12 Season.The Players' Player of the Year award is given by the Professional Footballers' Association to the finest players in the English Premier League at the end of each season, and numerous players have received it in the last ten years or so.After scoring the most goals in the 2011/12 season, then-Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie earned the Players' Player of the Year title.
The following season, Robin Van Persie joined Manchester United and helped the team win the English Premier League, but he was beaten to the PFA Players' Player of the Year award by Gareth Bale of Tottenham Hotspur.
Luis Suarez of Liverpool won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 2013/14 after scoring 31 goals in only 33 league matches.Chelsea won the English Premier League in 2014/15, and Eden Hazard was named PFA Players' Player of the Year for his contributions to the victory. In that season, he scored 14 goals in the English Premier League.
Leicester City won the English Premier League title for the first time in 2015/16, and their top player, Riyad Mahrez, was named PFA Players' Player of the Year.
N'Golo Kante, (Chelsea)
Mohamed Salah in 2017/18 (Liverpool)
Virgil Van Dijk in 2018/19 (Liverpool)
Kevin De Bruyne in 2019/20 (Manchester City)
Kevin De Bruyne, 2020/21 (Manchester City)
Mohamed Salah in 2021/22: (Liverpool)
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Pep Guardiola's Man City may have caused Liverpool serious transfer headaches by starting a domino effect.
There are a variety of elements that influence footballers' career choices. Some players will play for the side that offers them the most money, while others will desire to work with a specific management.Many players will be concerned about how often they will be in the starting XI, and not only because they enjoy playing every week. Regular performances for their club will boost their chances of getting selected for their national team, an honor that many see as the pinnacle of their career.
In many positions, competition can be strong, depending on the depth of talent available in a given country. A player's ambition to play international football can have an unintended domino effect on his club's opponents, and Liverpool may be poised to suffer as a result.In a summer that has seen Manchester City buy Erling Haaland, the prospective exit from the Etihad of a young goalkeeper who has yet to make his first team appearance for Pep Guardiola's side does not appear to be causing Liverpool any problems. Gavin Bazunu, a 20-year-old who has spent the last two seasons on loan in League One with Rochdale and Portsmouth, is the player in question. Jürgen Klopp isn't concerned about the youngster moving to Southampton (as appears to be the case), because the champions' signing of Haaland will have a considerably greater influence on Liverpool's chances of winning championships in 2022/23. However, if Bazunu can beat over Alex McCarthy to become the Saints' starting quarterback, Klopp may have a chance.The Liverpool midfielder has fewer caps than the other two, but his efforts this year - most particularly his role in the Reds' Carabao Cup victory – have propelled him to the top of the Irish pecking order. So far in 2022, Kelleher has started all four of their games, whereas Bazunu has only appeared on the bench for one of them. However, if the latter begins to play frequently in the Premier League next season, the roles may be reversed.
It's apparent that Alisson Becker's backup is thinking about departing Liverpool in quest of more regular playing time. "I'm not sure what's going on right now," she says "When questioned about his future, Kelleher stated earlier this week. "I'm still finishing up this season, and then we'll talk about it.It's understandable that he's hesitant to commit to being Klopp's second-in-command. Because of the different sample sizes, any comparison between Kelleher and Becker is effectively useless, but it's still worth a look. For Liverpool, the young Irishman boasts the greater clean sheet percentage of the two, as well as a stronger pro-rata record for preventing more chances than projected goals require (per FBRef). Nobody is claiming that Kelleher is the better goalkeeper of the two, but he hasn't appeared out of place with Liverpool's first team, and statistics back up that claim.To be honest, he would be a better signing for Southampton than Bazunu because of his Premier League, Champions League, and League Cup final experience. Regardless of what happens with his international adversary, Kelleher could depart Liverpool this summer. However, it appears that Haaland will not be the only transfer nightmare that City will bring to the Reds this summer. Guardiola's Bazunu deal is starting to resemble some serious five-dimensional chess.
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