Mohamed Salah wins PFA Player of the Year award; Cristiano Ronaldo named in Team of the Season

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the second time, while Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo was named in the Premier League Team of the Year, it was announced on Thursday.

Salah finished joint top scorer alongside Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-Min with 23 goals.

The Egypt international also recorded 13 assists as he helped Liverpool to finish second in the league, as well as winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.

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«It's a great honour to win a trophy, individual or collective and this one is big so, very happy and very proud of that,» Salah said in a statement.

«This one is a really good one to win, especially because it's voted by players. It shows you that you've worked really hard and you get what you worked for. I have my room with trophies in a cabinet and I made sure that I had another space for one more. I always keep space and just try to imagine that the trophies are going to come.»

Salah, who has pledged to remain at Liverpool next season despite his contract having just a year to run, previously won the award in 2018.

The 29-year-old won the prestigious Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year award in April, but was pipped by City's Kevin De Bruyne to the Premier League's Player of the Year award.

«When you get older, you feel like you're more stable and you know exactly what you want from football, so I'm just trying to be really chill and help the team,» Salah said. «That's why I think I also won the playmaker because it's like you're more aware of the game, so you just try to