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MOHAMED SALAH was last night voted the PFA player of the year – having already won the Football Writers’ award.

Liverpool star Salah becomes the sixth male player to win two PFA player-of-the-year awards, after Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Gareth Bale and last year’s winner Kevin De Bruyne.

Salah (above) scored 24 Premier League goals, level with Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son, as Liverpool missed out on the title by one point.

“I have a room with trophies in a cabinet and I made sure I had space for one more,” said Egypt star Salah, who also won in 2018. “I always keep space and just try to imagine the trophies are going to come.”

Phil Foden set his sights on landing the PFA’s top gong after landing backto-back Young Player of the Year trophies. The Manchester City and England star, 21, was voted top young player for the second consecutive season. He said: “Hopefully I can win the main award in the future.

“But it’s all about taking small steps and improving.”

Six of the Premier League team of the year came from Liverpool, with only three from Pep Guardiola’s title winners Manchester City.

Chelsea’s Sam Kerr landed the women’s top award after scoring 20 WSL goals and helping the Blues to the Double.

Lauren Hemp, who plays for City in the WSL, was named the young player of the season for a recordbreaking fourth season in a row.

PFA PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR: Alisson (Liverpool), Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Van Dijk (Liverpool), Rudiger (Chelsea), Cancelo (Man City), De Bruyne (Man City), Thiago (Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Man City), Mane (Liverpool), Ronaldo (Man Utd), Salah (Liverpool)