Salah voted England footballer of the year
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what a race it has been between two players who in a relatively short time have reached genuine world class. but mo salah is the worthiest of winners1 liverpools egyptian forward mohamed salah has been voted player of the year by the football writers association fwa to complete the double of english soccers major individual awards1 the 25-year-old is the first african player to win the fwa award which began in 19481 salah narrowly beat manchester city midfielder kevin de bruyne in a ballot of over 400 fwa members with the winning margin less than 20 votes1 tottenham hotspur striker harry kane was placed third1 salah was chosen as player of the year by the professional footballers association pfa after an outstanding season in which he has scored 43 goals in all competitions1 he is also the first african to receive the award and we congratulate him on a magnificent season fwa chairman patrick barclay said1 salah has helped liverpool who are third in the english premier league into the champions league semi-finals for the first time in 10 years1 the merseyside club face as roma in the second leg in the italian capital on wednesday and lead 5-2 from the opening game at anfield in which salah scored twice and set up two other goals1 salah will head to the world cup in russia in june to play for egypt who have been drawn with the hosts saudi arabia and uruguay in group a1 the inaugural fwa womens footballer of the year award was won by chelsea and england forward fran kirby who was also crowned pfa womens player of the year last month1