Arsenal’s 5 PFA Young Player of the Year winners & how they fared

Arsenal’s young sensation Bukayo Saka has been nominated for the PFA Premier League Player of the Year and Young Player of the year awards after a fantastic campaign, and he is one of the favourites for the latter award. 

The Gunners pride themselves on the development of young players both within the academy as well as young gems signed from elsewhere and currently boast the youngest squad in the league as they attempt to finish in the top four for the first time in five years.

Saka has 11 goals and six assists to his name this season, and yet again has been one of Arsenal’s standout players, while also scoring against Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham.

The previous five Arsenal players to win the award all went on to have good careers, but some achieved a lot more than others, whilst some found more success away from the club. Here’s how they fared.

Mr Arsenal himself, Adams came through the youth ranks to establish himself as the greatest defender the club has seen, and one of their biggest ever legends.

Adams won the award in the 1986-87 season, whilst the top flight was still the First Division, making 42 league appearances and scoring six times as Arsenal finished fourth.

This was the making of Adams, who would go on to captain Arsenal in three different decades before retiring as a one-club man in 2002.

Adams has a statue outside the Emirates, immortalising him at the club.

The retired player you now see giving controversial takes on Soccer Saturday was once the next big thing to emerge from the Arsenal academy and picked up the award in 1988-89.

Arsenal won the league in the most dramatic way possible by scoring a last-minute goal at Anfield to steal the title from Liverpool, and Merson