Salah wins Premier League player of season award

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the English Premier League’s Player of the Season award, adding to the PFA Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year awards.

This was announced on the official website of the Premier League on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Egypt international is the first African player to achieve this feat.

He has scored 31 goals in 37 league matches in his first season since signing from Roma for £34m. He has also scored 11 in the Champions League and only netted 1 in the FA Cup.

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Salah, who had an unsuccessful spell at Chelsea from 2014 to 2016, has scored 43 goals in 50 games in all competitions for Liverpool.

“They say I didn’t have success here the first time,” he said. “So it was always in my mind to have success here in the Premier League. I am very happy. I am very proud to win it.”

Salah currently shares the record of 31 goals in a 38-game season with Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, 1995-96), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, 2007-08) and Luis Suarez (Liverpool, 2013-14).

He will beat the record of 31 goals in a 38-game season if he scores against Brighton on Sunday.

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