EPL Player of the Season: Salah, Van Dijk, Foden, Rodri, Saka and Rice lead
Who should win the Premier League Player of the Season award for 2023/24? We evaluate the top six candidates...
Erling Haaland scooped the prize last season during his record-breaking, first campaign in England - smashing an unprecedented 36 league goals en route to Manchester City winning their third successive league crown.
Haaland leads the goal charts once again this season but the bookmakers are favouring two of his City team-mates ahead of the Norway international.
Here, we state the case for six of the leading candidates, with two players representing each of the top three clubs in England: Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal.
Mohamed Salah remains Liverpool's key man with 24 goal involvements in the Premier League this season - comprising 15 goals and nine assists - from just 20 starts, having missed seven games due to being with Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations and also a thigh injury.
Only Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins has scored or assisted more team goals this term. However, no player outperforms Salah's staggering return of 1.2 involvements per 90 minutes.
Virgil van Dijk is back to his very best and his late headed winner against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final sealed Liverpool's first silverware of the campaign in Jurgen Klopp's final season in charge.
The Netherlands international has been dominant in the air all term, winning a league-topping 112 aerial duels, while also ranking third in the division for passes attempted upfield.
Eleven opponents dribbled past the 32-year-old last season but only one has managed that feat this term, which ranks as the best per-90 ratio in the division for defenders that have clocked 750 minutes or more.
Phil Foden has nailed a regular starting berth at Manchester City in his seventh
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