{"id":34405,"date":"2018-04-23T00:45:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=34405"},"modified":"2018-04-23T00:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T00:51:02","slug":"mohamed-salah-beats-mancitys-kevin-de-bruyne-to-pfa-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/mohamed-salah-beats-mancitys-kevin-de-bruyne-to-pfa-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah wins PFA Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Mohamed Salah has won the Professional Footballers&#8217; Association Player of the Year award for 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool forward, 25, beat Kevin de Bruyne, Harry Kane, Leroy Sane, David Silva and David de Gea in the vote by his fellow players.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City&#8217;s\u00a0<b>Sane<\/b>\u00a0won the young player prize, while Chelsea&#8217;s\u00a0<b>Fran Kirby<\/b>\u00a0won the Women&#8217;s Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol City&#8217;s\u00a0<b>Lauren Hemp<\/b>\u00a0was named Women&#8217;s Young Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an honour and especially as it&#8217;s voted by the players. I am happy and proud,&#8221; Salah said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t have my chance at Chelsea. It was clear I would return and show everyone my football. I think I left and came back a different person, man and player. I am happy and proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-34410 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4ADB985D00000578-5583193-image-a-37_1522956913828-10-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4ADB985D00000578-5583193-image-a-37_1522956913828-10-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4ADB985D00000578-5583193-image-a-37_1522956913828-10.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/>Manchester City star Leroy Sane has won the PFA Young Player of the Year following a brilliant season for the\u00a0Premier League\u00a0title winners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 22-year-old has scored nine goals and produced 12 assists for his City team-mates, to help them win the English top flight title with five matches to spare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sane fended off competition from\u00a0Harry Kane,\u00a0Ederson, Marcus Rashford, Ryan Sessegnon and\u00a0Raheem Sterling\u00a0to land the prestigious award.<span class=\"mol-style-bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sane&#8217;s City team-mate Sterling, who has also thrived under Pep Guardiola this season, came third while Tottenham striker Kane took second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sane is the first player to win the award and win the Premier League in the same season since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohamed Salah has won the Professional Footballers&#8217; Association Player of the Year award for 2017-18. The Liverpool forward, 25, beat Kevin de Bruyne, Harry Kane, Leroy Sane, David Silva and David de Gea in the vote by his fellow players. Manchester City&#8217;s\u00a0Sane\u00a0won the young player prize, while Chelsea&#8217;s\u00a0Fran Kirby\u00a0won the Women&#8217;s Player of the Year award. Bristol City&#8217;s\u00a0Lauren Hemp\u00a0was named Women&#8217;s Young Player of the Year. &#8220;It&#8217;s an honour and especially as it&#8217;s voted by the players. I am happy and proud,&#8221; Salah said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have my chance at Chelsea. It was clear I would return and show everyone my football. I think I left and came back a different person, man and player. 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