Kerr cops brutal award snub as rival claims top English gong
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scooped the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award on Tuesday after his stellar first season with the treble winners.
England and Aston Villa star Rachel Daly won the women’s prize, voted for by fellow players.
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Saka was voted the men’s Young Player of the Year while Chelsea’s Lauren James picked up the women’s award.
Daly and James were key performers for England in their run to the Women’s World Cup final, which ended in defeat against Spain earlier this month.
Villa’s Daly scored 22 goals in the Women’s Super League last season, a remarkable achievement for a player who featured at left-back in the Lionesses’ successful Euros campaign in 2022.
The 31-year-old beat off competition from Sam Kerr, Frida Maanum, Guro Reiten, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw and Ona Batlle.
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Matildas superstar Kerr scored just 12 league goals last season, her lowest tally in a full season since she joined Chelsea.
She also won the same award the season prior and will no doubt want to claim it back from Aston Villa’s Daly.
Organised by the Professional Footballers’ Association, the awards salute the best male and female players in English football in 2023.
Haaland enjoyed a stunning debut season for City, hitting 52 goals in all competitions as Pep Guardiola’s men won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
The 23-year-old saw off competition
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