0:33 Mohamed Salah reveals his highlights of the season but insists Liverpool's success is his top priority Mohamed Salah reveals his highlights of the season but insists Liverpool's success is his top priority

Mohamed Salah has been voted the PFA Player of the Year for the 2017-18 season after a stellar first campaign at Liverpool.

The former Chelsea player beat off competition from Manchester City's title-winners Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Leroy Sane with Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Tottenham striker Harry Kane completing the six-man shortlist of nominees.

Salah and De Bruyne have been the standout players during the campaign, which has seen Pep Guardiola's side clinch the league title with five games to spare, but the Liverpool man secured the most votes from his peers after scoring 41 goals in 46 appearances for the Anfield club.

2:54 Here's a look at the superb season enjoyed by Salah, after the Egyptian was named PFA Players' Player of the Season Here's a look at the superb season enjoyed by Salah, after the Egyptian was named PFA Players' Player of the Season

The 25-year-old, who was signed for £34m from Roma, is the first Egyptian to win the award, presented at Grosvenor House in central London on Sunday evening.

"It's a big honour," Salah said. "I don't think about myself. The most important thing is to win something with the team and we're very close now with the semi-final. Hopefully we're going to win.

"The team has helped me a lot because of the way we play. They pass me the ball a lot and always try to find me."

Liverpool forward Mo Salah has been named PFA Player of the Year

Salah, who follows Luis Suarez, in 2014, as the last Liverpool player to earn the accolade, is a pivotal reason behind the club's run to the Champions League semi-finals and helping Jurgen Klopp's side all but secure a top-four spot in the league.

Salah became the first person in Premier League history to claim three Player of the Month awards in the same season, winning it in November, February and March, and was the only member of Liverpool's squad to be named in the PFA Team of the Year.

The Golden Boot frontrunner scored his 31st Premier League goal in Liverpool's 2-2 draw at West Brom on Saturday and will look to help the club to a first Champions League final since 2007, when he meets his former club Roma in the first leg of their semi-final on Tuesday.

Salah will take on former club Roma in the Champions League semi-finals

Manchester City's Sane beat off competition from team-mates Ederson and Raheem Sterling, along with Kane, Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon and Manchester United's Marcus Rashford to land the Young Player of the Year award.

It is the first time a City player has won the award for 42 years - Peter Barnes landed it in 1975/76 - and Sane is the first German to hold the honour.

"I'm absolutely delighted to have won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award," Sane said.

Cyrille Regis' contribution to the game was recognised with a posthumous Merit award from the PFA.

The former West Brom and Coventry striker died of a heart attack in January aged 59 and his death prompted an avalanche of tributes.

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His goalscoring prowess earned him five England caps, and helped Coventry win the FA Cup in 1987, but Regis is perhaps best known now as a pioneer for black players.

PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor said: "He was a great footballer, a true gentleman and a role model and mentor for

black players.

"You could tell how much he meant to people from the reaction to his death and we just felt it was right to honour him and his family in this way."</s>Mohamed Salah was the headline winner at the Professional Footballers’ Association awards last night, scooping the prestigious Player of the Year award.

The Liverpool winger saw off competition from Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to pick up the accolade, having scored 41 goals in his first year at Anfield.

It did not take long for the Egyptian to be congratulated by a number of his team-mates on Twitter, while several former Reds also passed on their praise.

Meanwhile, ex-Tottenham striker Mido was among a group of Egyptian current and former internationals who wished their compatriot all the best on social media.

Salah, who took to the red carpet with Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson as the club's representative, is currently leading the race to win the Premier League Golden Boot and is also in the running to land the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year.

Take a look through the gallery above to see some of the best reactions on Twitter as Mohamed Salah wins the PFA Player of the Year award.</s>Mohamed Salah has been crowned the PFA Player of the Year after an explosive first season at Liverpool.

Few could have foreseen the Egyptian magician's impact after he swapped Roma for Anfield last summer in a £34.3million deal.

It has certainly proven money well spent and Salah's exceptional performances have brought recognition from his peers in his first season back in English football.

The 25-year-old was named Player of the Year at the 45th PFA Awards at Grosvenor House in central London on Sunday evening, having seen off tough competition from Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne.

The pair have been the standout players of a memorable campaign, with the Belgium international playing an integral role as Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling side won the Premier League in style.

Leroy Sane - crowned PFA Young Player of the Year on Sunday - and David Silva were the other City players on the six-man shortlist, with outstanding Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea and free-scoring Tottenham striker Harry Kane completing the nominees.

But it is Salah that has come out on top after one of the greatest debut campaigns in Liverpool's history.

"It's a big honour. I've worked hard and I'm very happy to win it," Salah said at the ceremony on Sunday evening.

Asked what it meant to become the first Egyptian to win the award, he said: "Hopefully I'm not the last one! I'm very proud to win and I've worked very hard."

His strike at West Brom on Saturday was his 31st Premier League goal of the campaign, tying the record for the 38-game season.

"You're comparing your name with some great names," he said, on the prospect of breaking the record. "To break the Premier League record is something huge in England and all over in the world.

"There are still three games to go. I want to break this record and also break the one for (42-game season). Let's see what will happen."

Luis Suarez was the last Reds player to win the award in 2014 and Salah could also do the double by winning the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award.

The voting for that accolade is still open and the victor is named on May 1 - the day before the second leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against Salah's former club Roma.

A telling impact in Tuesday's first leg at Anfield may see him tip the scales and wrap up another award as a season to cherish comes to a close.

Salah's performances have captivated and enthralled Liverpool fans this term - and left Chelsea ruing what could have been.

The west Londoners signed the callow attacker from Swiss giants Basel after impressing Europe with his skill and speed.

But things did not work out for the Egypt international at Stamford Bridge, leading to loan spells at Fiorentina and then fellow Serie A giants Roma.

Salah's move to the Italian capital was made permanent in 2016 and the following year he headed to Anfield, where he has plundered a remarkable 41 goals in just 46 appearances in all competitions.

Such is the forward's impact that he became the first player in Premier League history to claim Player of the Month awards three times in the same season after winning it for November, February and March.

Salah is a shoo-in for Liverpool's end-of-season accolades and the man nicknamed 'The Egyptian King' looks set to reign at Anfield for a long time to come.

Chelsea Ladies forward Fran Kirby won the women's Player of the Year award, while Lauren Hemp of Bristol City secured the young player prize.

The PFA's Merit award went posthumously to Cyrille Regis, the former West Brom forward who died aged 59 in January.

The award was recognition of Regis' pioneering role in changing attitudes towards black footballers in England.</s>LONDON- Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named Player of the Year by England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) on Sunday, becoming the first Egyptian to receive the award.

Salah was rewarded for his performances which have yielded 41 goals in all competitions since joining from AS Roma last year, helping Liverpool reach the Champions League semi-finals and secure a likely top-four finish in the Premier League.

The 25-year-old came out on top of a six-man shortlist, voted for by PFA members from the 92 Premier League and Football League teams, that also included league title winners in Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and David Silva.

Sane did, however, win the Young Player of the Year award while Fran Kirby of Chelsea Ladies was named women’s Player of the Year at London’s Grosvenor House hotel.</s>LONDON — Mohamed Salah has been voted player of the year by his fellow professionals in English football in recognition of an incredible scoring return to the Premier League with Liverpool.

The Egypt forward collected the Professional Footballers' Association award at a ceremony in London on Sunday, two days before Liverpool's Champions League semifinal first leg against Roma.

It is a reunion with the Italian club he left in the off-season for 42 million euros (then $47 million). The hefty fee appeared to be a gamble for Liverpool but now represents a real bargain.

The former Chelsea player has scored 41 goals in 46 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool — enabling him to beat Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in second place to the PFA award.

"It's a big honour," Salah said. "I've worked hard and I'm very happy to win it."

Salah is preparing to lead Egypt into its first World Cup in 28 years and he is the first player from the North African nation to win English football's top individual prize.

"Hopefully I'm not the last one," he said. "I'm very proud to win and I've worked very hard."

Salah's impact has been more remarkable given his underwhelming 2014-15 season at Chelsea before being offloaded by then-manager Jose Mourinho. He went on loan to Fiorentina in early 2015 and Roma in 2016, and then on a permanent basis to Roma in August 2016.

Scoring 15 goals and setting up 11 more for Roma convinced Liverpool to bring Salah back to a second spell in England.

His goal at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday was his 31st in the league this season, tying the scoring record in a 38-game campaign held by Cristiano Ronaldo, Alan Shearer and Luis Suarez.

Suarez was the last Liverpool player to be crowned player of the year by the PFA in 2014 before moving to Barcelona.

It's a sign of his remarkable impact that Salah secured the award with third-place Liverpool and that none of Manchester City's newly crowned champions won the accolade.

But City winger Leroy Sane was voted PFA young player of the year.

The PFA women's player award went to Chelsea forward Fran Kirby, while Lauren Hemp of Bristol City secured the young player prize.</s>Mohamed Salah could prevent further Manchester City celebrations by winning the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award on Sunday night.

The Egyptian scored in both legs as Liverpool knocked City out of the Champions League earlier this month and is rated as the bookmakers' favourite to win the vote of his peers ahead of City trio Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Leroy Sane.

Salah has been simply sensational since moving to Anfield from Roma last summer. He and his team-mates will come up against the Italian side in the Champions League semi-final first leg next week.

He scored his 40th goal in all competitions for Liverpool in the Premier League win over Bournemouth last weekend and his form, alongside fellow forwards Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, means Jurgen Klopp's men have suffered no ill-effects from the January departure of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona.

Salah can already count on one significant vote - fellow nominee De Bruyne revealed he had chosen the African as his stand-out player of the season.

De Bruyne has been outstanding in City's march to the Premier League title. His technical quality has been a key component in the slick football played by Pep Guardiola's side, and has registered a league-leading 15 assists so far. He has also weighed in with seven goals.

Lightning-quick Germany winger Sane is second in the assists table with 12 and has also scored nine times in the Premier League.

Silva has now won three Premier League titles with City, having also been part of the squad which lifted the trophy in 2012 and 2014.

The Spain playmaker has eight goals and 11 assists to his name in a City team which has dominated the competition this year.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane and Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea make up the six-man award shortlist.

England forward Kane reached 100 career Premier League goals in February, while Spanish stopper De Gea has enjoyed another excellent campaign for United, and will be hoping to become the first goalkeeper to win the award since Peter Shilton in 1978.

His City counterpart Ederson has proved to be an excellent addition for his club after goalkeeper proved a problem position for Guardiola last season. His reward is a place on the Young Player of the Year shortlist.

Ederson's team-mate Raheem Sterling is also nominated in that category and has been impressive in front of goal this term, and his 17 league strikes place him joint fourth in the competition.

Ryan Sessegnon is the youngest player on the list at 17. He has been instrumental in Fulham's push to reach the Premier League, scoring 14 times in the Sky Bet Championship.

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, Sane and Kane complete the Young Player of the Year shortlist, with the inclusion of Kane - who will be 25 in July - drawing social media criticism.

The PFA will also announce the Women's Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year award winners on Sunday.

Chelsea Ladies forward Fran Kirby is widely expected to get the nod for the main award and is nominated alongside four Blues team-mates - Millie Bright, Ji So-yun, Maren Mjelde and Ramona Bachmann.

Manchester City's Jill Scott is the only player not with the west London club to be on the list.

The nominees for Young Player of the Year are Keira Walsh, Georgia Stanway and Ellie Roebuck (all Manchester City), Lauren Hemp (Bristol City), Gabby George (Everton) and Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea).</s>Mohamed Salah poses with his Player of the Year trophy at the 2018 PFA awards ceremony

Mohamed Salah was the big winner at the Professional Footballers’ Association awards last night, scooping the Player of the Year award.

The Liverpool winger saw off competition from Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne to pick up the accolade, having scored 41 goals in his first year at Anfield.

The Egyptian is leading the race to win the Premier League Golden Boot and is also in the running to land the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year.

Elsewhere, Chelsea forward Fran Kirby won the Female Player of the Year while Leroy Sane and Lauren Hemp won the respective Young Player of the Year accolades.

A number of Football League stars were spotted with their partners on the red carpet including Fulham trio Ryan Sessegnon, Tom Cairney and Ryan Fredericks.

Take a look through the gallery above to see some of the best pictures from the PFA awards.</s>Mohamed Salah has been crowned the PFA Player of the Year after an explosive first season at Liverpool.

Few could have foreseen the Egyptian magician's impact after he swapped Roma for Anfield last summer in a £34.3million deal.

It has certainly proven money well spent and Salah's exceptional performances have brought recognition from his peers in his first season back in English football.

The 25-year-old was named Player of the Year at the 45th PFA Awards at Grosvenor House in central London on Sunday evening, having seen off tough competition from Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne.

The pair have been the standout players of a memorable campaign, with the Belgium international playing an integral role as Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling side won the Premier League in style.

Leroy Sane - crowned PFA Young Player of the Year on Sunday - and David Silva were the other City players on the six-man shortlist, with outstanding Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and free-scoring Tottenham striker Harry Kane completing the nominees.

But it is Salah that has come out on top after one of the greatest debut campaigns in Liverpool's history.

Luis Suarez was the last Reds player to win the award in 2014 and he too could do the double by winning the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award.

The voting for that accolade is still open and the victor is named on May 1 - the day before the second leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against Salah's former club Roma.

A telling impact in Tuesday's first leg at Anfield may see him tip the scales and wrap up another award as a season to cherish comes to a close.

Salah's performances have captivated and enthralled Liverpool fans this term - and left Chelsea ruing what could have been.

Sane's exceptional season with Manchester City has earned him the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Guardiola's side have thrilled onlookers with their Premier League displays this term, adding the title to their Carabao Cup triumph with five games to spare.

City players made up half of the shortlist for Young Player of the Year award, with vastly-improved Raheem Sterling, summer signing Ederson and exciting forward Sane making the cut.

The latter was announced as winner at the 45th PFA Awards on Sunday at Grosvenor House in central London after a season in which the Germany international has been in scorching form.

Signed from Schalke two years ago for an initial £37million, the 22-year-old hit the ground running and was also shortlisted for last season's Young Player of the Year award.

Sane has kicked on again under the tutelage of Guardiola, scoring 13 goals in all competitions heading into the weekend in a campaign to cherish.

Meanwhile, Chelsea Ladies striker Fran Kirby's excellent form has been recognised by her peers as she won the vote for the Professional Footballers' Association Women's Player of the Year.

The 24-year-old has been an inspiration for the swashbuckling Blues this year, and had netted 22 goals in all competitions heading into this weekend to help the west Londoners run amok.

Bristol City Women's Lauren Hemp was named winner of the Women's Young Player of the Year prize.

Cyrille Regis' contribution to the game has been recognised with a posthumous Merit award from the Professional Footballers' Association.

The former West Brom and Coventry striker died of a heart attack in January aged just 59 and his death prompted an avalanche of tributes.

His goalscoring prowess earned him five England caps, and helped Coventry win the FA Cup in 1987, but Regis is perhaps best known now as a pioneer for black players at a time when racist attitudes were common in British football and society.

Speaking to Press Association Sport, PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor said: "He was a great footballer, a true gentleman and a role model and mentor for black players.

"You could tell how much he meant to people from the reaction to his death and we just felt it was right to honour him and his family in this way.

"Football has come a long way in terms of equality on the pitch - it is a very cosmopolitan game now - but we know we have more to do off the pitch and you only have to look at the newspapers with stories about Stephen Lawrence and Windrush migrants to see how relevant Cyrille's story still is.

"I think it was Ian Wright who described Cyrille as football's Martin Luther King and there is no doubt that he made a huge contribution to making football more diverse."</s>“Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was named PFA Player of the Year last night” The Egyptian has had a remarkable debut season at Anfield, with 31 Premier League goals already under his belt heading into the final three games of the campaign. He has also bagged a stunning 41 strikes in all competitions for Jurgen Klopp’s side this year. And last night he received the ultimate recognition for those stats, after being crowned the 2017/18 PFA Player of the Year by his Premier League peers. The 25-year-old saw off Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in what was one of the closest battles for the award in recent history, following the Belgian’s phenomenal performances in City’s title-winning campaign. And Salah looked delighted to have clinched the award at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London yesterday evening. CLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE TO SEE THE PICTURES.

Liverpool host Roma in the first leg of their semi-final on Tuesday and Salah's dream is to follow up the recognition he has received from his peers by lifting silverware in Europe. "My personal ambition is to win something with the team. I always think about the team, I don't think about myself," Salah said. "The most important thing is to win something with the team and we're very close now with the semi-final. Hopefully we're going to win. "The team has helped me a lot because of the way we play. They pass me the ball a lot and always try to find me."

Salah took the vote ahead of Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne. But for City boss Pep Guardiola it is De Bruyne who should have been acclaimed due to his achievements over the course of the entire season. "I know my opinion about this awards. If he (Kevin) doesn't win, congratulations to the guy who is going to win," Guardiola said. "From my point of view when you are analysing nine, 10 months, there was no player better than him.

"Maybe there are guys with numbers better than him but for me in the team that wins (the title) with five games to go, he was the best. "I would like to feel he deserves it. But in the end, in summer time he will be at home being champion." Leroy Sane - named Young Player of the Year - and David Silva were also City players on the six-man shortlist, with outstanding Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea and Tottenham striker Harry Kane completing the nominees.</s>Ahead of their Uefa Champions League semi-final clash with Liverpool, AS Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman has called Mohamed Salah 'the most dangerous player right now'.

Salah, fresh off his PFA Player of the Year win following his outstanding performances in the English Premier League, will lead Jurgen Klopp's charges when the Giallarossi visit Anfield for the first leg of their last-four tie on Tuesday.

And Strootman, teammates with the 25-year-old during his successful two-year stint at the Italian capital, is wary of the progress of the Egypt international who has a return of a whooping 41 goals so far in his debut campaign with the Reds.

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"Salah is definitely the most dangerous player right now and we won't be friends on the pitch,” Strootman told La Repubblica .

"I've tried to call him lately but he doesn't pick up the phone. He must have changed his number like six times. I will write to him after the semi-final."

Salah has been instrumental in Liverpool's run to the semi-finals of the Champions League, scoring nine goals in 12 games where he has featured for 915 minutes.

The attacker will be hoping to add to his haul of 41 goals in Tuesday's encounter against his former side.
Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah, who plays for Liverpool and is currently the top scorer in the Premier League with 31 goals, is named PFA Players' Player of the Year, while Manchester City winger Leroy Sané wins PFA Young Player of the Year.