Mohamed Salah won his second PFA player of the year award on Thursday beating competition from Kelvin De Bruyne, Harry Kane, Sadio Mane, Vigil Van Dijk, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mohamed Salah won the Premier League Golden Boot and the Premier League playmaker award for scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists last season.
After winning the PFA player of the year award, Mohamed Salah told the Liverpool official website, saying: “Thank you very much. It is great, always, to win trophies – individual or collective. This one is big. I’m very happy and very proud of that.
“This one is a really good one to win, especially because it’s voted on by players. When I think about it, of course, I wanted the Premier League first before anything, the Champions League as well. But as an individual, it shows you a little bit that you worked hard and you get what you worked for the kind of. Not just individually – collectively, for sure the team comes first.
“But you win the journalists’ one, you win the players’ one as well, it shows you the season was really good.”
What did Jurgen Klopp say about Salah winning the PFA player of the year?
In an interview with the Liverpool official website, Klopp said:
“What I love about this prize is that it’s voted for by the players,” Klopp said. “That’s the one prize that you should be interested in.
“Whatever the supporters say, your supporters always say, ‘Oh you’re the greatest and all the others say, ‘How can he win it?’
“So, in Mo’s case, it’s the numbers, scoring goals. But scoring the most goals and having the most assists, with all the ups and downs during a season, all the things I know about football, that’s a deserved winner.”
Jurgen Klopp also revealed why he was convinced Mohamed Salah will be successful at Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp added: “I saw how he could improve when we scouted him when I saw a lot of videos of Mo. Let me say it like this, he was not the finishing monster we see now.
“I was incredibly excited about the chance to work together with him. We spoke, yes, that was a very good talk but we all need longer to know about a person.
“The moment I knew it would be outstanding was when I knew him as a person because he’s full of desire, he never will stop developing and he’s a workhorse.
“I know we say it a lot but he’s the first in – maybe around Millie, maybe Millie beats him from time to time – and he’s the last out. So treatment, gym work, all these kinds of things.
“On the pitch, if you tell Mo because of the intensity of the games, ‘Mo, you go in now. Thank you very much. ‘I’m good, I’m good, get me another 10 balls.’
“So he deserves it absolutely, and that’s why he’s the second-time winner of this wonderful trophy. Well deserved, Mo, by the way!”
