Mo Salah’s strike rate may catapult him past de Bruyne for PFA gong

Daniel Storey reviews this weekend’s Premier League action.

Mon, 19 Mar, 2018 - 00:00

Daniel Storey

Salah making late Player of the Year charge

Tradition dictates that the PFA Player of the Year award goes to the key performer in a title- winning side (Eden Hazard, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante in the last three years), but there are occasional exceptions.

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