The PFA has announced the finalists for the Fan Player of the Year award. It's dark for Mohamed Salah and one of his Liverpool teammates.
The PFA Player of the Year award has been presented four times by a non-European player. Liverpool's Mohamed Salah happened to receive the honor on those two occasions.
Apparently, the Egyptians were used to passing some pretty dodgy odds. He will be hoping to score a hat-trick when his peers vote for the 2022/23 term, although Erling Haaland is the strongest candidate. But one prize sure to elude Salah is the PFA Fan Player of the Year award, with the Liverpool player absent from the recently announced shortlist.
The final six-man roster was confirmed a day after the Liverpool player netted a hat-trick of another kind, scoring all three assists against Leicester to help his side move one step closer to qualifying. attend the Champions League. League. In context, his omission seems odd.
But the decision was certainly made long before Salah was on the pitch at King Power, and members of the PFA have drawn up the shortlist based on the entire campaign, not a single standout. So did the Egyptians have bad luck? Or has Liverpool's collective meltdown really left him out of the league's top six players list?
Looking at some of the players making the cut, it looks like Salah has been robbed. In particular, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka played equal roles, and both were recognized despite having less impressive numbers.
The Liverpool player has 19 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League this season. Rashford has 16 goals and just 5 assists, while Saka has 13 goals and 11 assists.
Obviously, Manchester United and especially Arsenal have better stories attached to them this season, although Liverpool can still push Erik ten Hag's side down to fourth place. But all of this means Salah has played on a worse team, while still reaching more impressive heights. It is unforgivable that the PFA omitted him from the shortlist in favor of Rashford and Saka.
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Liverpool FC at King Power Stadium on May 15, 2023 in Leicester, UK
Mohamed Salah has been dropped from the PFA's shortlist for Fan Player of the Year. However, it is safe to say that there is another Liverpool player who could be even more unsettled. It is normal for goalkeepers to be overlooked in these kinds of awards, but Alisson's contributions this season have been unusual.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the Haaland of goalkeepers. It's true that his numbers compare favorably with all of his peers literally, no one in Europe deserves to be saved more goals than the Liverpool goalkeeper. On top of that, he's incredibly versatile, offering plenty of room for growth - in that sense, he might even be more impressive than the Manchester City star, although that's obviously a difficult comparison to make. . Even more than Salah, will have to thank Alisson if Liverpool can qualify for the Champions League this season. Even though it was only the Europa League, the Brazilian made the difference between that and the type of campaign Chelsea have endured. He's really great.
Fortunately, Liverpool know exactly what they have in Salah and Alisson.
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