Kevin de Bruyne misses out on PFA prize as Man City teammate Phil Foden wins award

Phil Foden has won the PFA Young Player of the Year award, but Manchester City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne missed out on the top prize to Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

De Bruyne was looking to become the first player to win three PFA Player of the Year awards with a third consecutive triumph. The City talisman enjoyed another outstanding season, finishing the campaign as the Blues’ top scorer and assist provider with 15 goals and eight assists.

The award, though, went to his Liverpool counterpart Salah, who ended the season as the Premier League’s joint-top scorer with 23 goals, as well as adding 13 assists. The Egypt international was one of three Reds on the shortlist, along with Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk, while Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo were also nominated.

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It means De Bruyne will have to wait to surpass the likes of Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo if he is to become the first player to claim the award for a record third time. Salah will now also be gunning for a third award, having drawn level with De Bruyne after his first win in 2018.

City did have a winner as the awards were announced on Thursday night. Foden took home the Young Player award to add to his Premier League Young Player of the Season prize.

It’s the second successive year the 22-year-old has won the PFA award, becoming the first player to do so since Dele Alli in 2016 and 2017. Foden registered nine goals and five assists as he picked up his fourth Premier League winners’ medal.

Foden beat England team-mates Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Conor Gallagher and Reece James to the award. Aston