- Rachel Daly emerges PFA women’s Player of the Year
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has won the PFA men’s Players’ Player of the Year award, with Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka named Young Player of the Year.
Norway forward Haaland, 23, scored 52 goals in all competitions in his debut season with Pep Guardiola’s side.
Haaland beat team-mates Kevin de Bruyne and John Stones, Arsenal’s Saka and Martin Odegaard and Tottenham’s Harry Kane, now at Bayern Munich.
City won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League last season.
Haaland joined City from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth £51.2m in June 2022.
He was also nominated for the young player prize, which was awarded to England winger Saka after he scored 14 goals and contributed 11 assists in his finest season for the Gunners.
The 21-year-old beat fellow nominees Moises Caicedo, who recently joined Chelsea from Brighton, Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey, Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli and Brighton striker Evan Ferguson.
Meanwhile, both winners of the individual prizes were also included in the PFA Team of the Year.
Aston Villa striker Rachel Daly won the PFA women’s Player of the Year award, while Chelsea’s Lauren James was named Young Player of the Year.
England’s Daly, 31, was top scorer in the Women’s Super League with 22 goals in her debut season at Villa.
She also played a key role in the run to the Women’s World Cup final, scoring in the 6-1 group stage win over China.
Daly was also named in the PFA’s Women’s Super League Team of the Year.
After a six-year spell at US side Houston Dash, Daly moved to Villa last year.
She won the main award ahead of Chelsea paid Sam Kerr and Guro Reiten, Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum, Manchester City forward Khadija Shaw and former Manchester United defender Ona Batlle – now at Barcelona.
