Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk crowned PFA Players’ Player of the Year

Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk crowned PFA Players’ Player of the Year
Virgil van Dijk has been named the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Players’ Player of the Year following a splendid season for Liverpool.The centre-back succeeds team-mate Mohamed Salah in winning the prize, seeing off fierce competition from Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling.Van Dijk is the winner of the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award 20193
Van Dijk is the winner of the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award 2019
Sterling had the consolation of being named Young Player of the Year, following in the footsteps of City team-mate Leroy Sane.Van Dijk signed for Liverpool from Southampton for 75million in January 2018 and has been an ever-present rock at the heart of the Premier League’s tightest defence this campaign.The 27-year-old has helped Liverpool keep 20 clean sheets and concede only 20 times, while also chipping in with three goals. Liverpool have lost just one game in the Premier League this season in a title race with champions Manchester City which is set to go down to the final day of the season.Van Dijk was chosen from a shortlist made up of team-mate Sadio Mane, the Manchester City trio of Sterling, Sergio Aguero andBernardo Silva and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard.Sterling has received wide acclaim both for his impressive displays on the pitch and for taking an active role in highlighting football’s continued problem with racism.Sterling, who was in contention for the prize, won the Young Player of the Year award3
Sterling, who was in contention for the prize, won the Young Player of the Year award
The 24-year-old England international came out on top from a young player shortlist which also included team-mate Silva, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bournemouth’s David Brooks and West Ham’s Declan Rice.Arsenal Women forward Vivianne Miedema won the women’s award after scoring 22 times to lead the Gunners to their first league title since 2012.They were crowned champions on Sunday after a 4-0 win away to Brighton.Arsenal’s Miedema won the women’s award3
Arsenal’s Miedema won the women’s award
Miedema had also been nominated for the Young Player of the Year award but that went to Manchester City forward Georgia Stanway.The PFA’s Merit award went to Manchester City and England captain Steph Houghton.The 31-year-old defender was named in the PFAs Womens Super League Team of the Year and is set to skipper the Lionesses at this summers World Cup in France.Houghton has been one of the leading lights in the English womens game and has drawn praise from England Women coach Phil Neville for her handling of difficulties in her personal life.Her husband, former Liverpool midfielder Stephen Darby, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year and she has stated that she would give up her place at this summers finals to care for him if necessary, though he has said he will not let her do that.

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