- In-form Liverpool star forward, Mohamed Salah has edged past Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne to be named the Football Writers' Association player of the year
- Salah has scored 31 League goals in 34 league appearances for Liverpool this season
- The Egyptian and 26-year-old Belgian De Bruyne collected more than 90% of the votes from members of the Football Writers' Association
In-form Liverpool star forward, Mohamed Salah has edged past Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne to be named the Football Writers' Association player of the year.
De Bruyne came second with Tottenham striker Harry Kane coming third.
25-year-old Salah has scored 31 League goals in 34 league appearances for Liverpool this season and leads the race for the Premier League golden boot.
The 'Egyptian king' also won the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award in April.
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He has scored 43 goals in all competitions after signing for £34m from Roma in the summer.
The former Chelsea and Basel winger netted twice in the first leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final win against his former club at Anfield last week.
Liverpool travel to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday May 2 for the return leg with a 5-2 lead over the Italians.
Salah and 26-year-old Belgian De Bruyne collected more than 90% of the votes from members of the Football Writers' Association.
The former Roma star is the first African winner of the award, in what FWA Chairman Patrick Barclay described as "the toughest call since 1968-69", when there was a dead heat between Tony Book of Manchester City and Derby's Dave Mackay.
Barclay addeed: "Right up to the last week or so we thought it might happen again, so strong was the support for Kevin de Bruyne,"
"But Mo Salah's relentless match-winning form, exemplified by his two great goals against Roma, seems to have swung the vote by a very narrow margin."
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NAIJ.com previously reported that English FA have cleared Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah to feature for the Reds for the rest of this league season.
The Egyptian forward was caught on camera aiming his hand at Stoke City’s Bruno Martins Indi in their barren draw at Anfield on Saturday, April 28.
Salah escaped a three-match ban sanction after the panel of ex-referees set up to look into his matter say he didn’t deserve a red card for what he did during the match.
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Source: Naija.ng