The 2024-25 Premier League season is nearing its end, and the PFA Premier League Player of the Year debate heats up as we look at the favorites to win the award in the next few weeks. While Mohamed Salah leads the list of goal-scoring and assists charts, Matz Sels has kept the most number of clean sheets in the ongoing league campaign.
Arne Slot’s Liverpool have wrapped up the title race, claiming the trophy while Southampton has already suffered record-earliest relegation with seven matchdays left to be played and are on course to finish with the lowest points tally unless a miracle happens in the coming weeks.
Reigning champions Manchester City were nowhere near the title race as Arsenal and Nottingham Forest tried their best, but the Reds proved to be too good for the rest of the chasing pack. Salah has had a dream season that powered Slot’s men to the pole position and stretched the gap courtesy of goal contributions from the Egyptian, as the three-time Golden Boot winner has already scored 27 goals and provided 18 assists in 32 league appearances.
On Sunday, Salah scored in the 5-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield that helped the Slot Machine wrap up the title race as the Reds went beyond all the teams mathematically and would now be keeping their feet up for the rest of the season.
Salah can’t keep his feet up yet as he has records to break for most goal contributions in a Premier League season, while he has already overtaken both Thierry Henry and Erling Haaland for the record in a 38-game PL season, who jointly hold the second place now. Just before breaking the record, Salah also signed a 2-year contract extension with the Reds, denying the opportunity to move to Saudi Arabia or Major League Soccer, displaying his loyalty to the club.
Behind Salah is his top Golden Boot competitor, Alexander Isak, who has netted 22 goals and provided 6 assists in only 31 PL appearances, while Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk captained his team to the title and takes third place rightfully on the list as per MGM Bet. Here is the full list of odds:
Mohamed Salah: -3335
Declan Rice: +2800
Alexander Isak: +3300
Virgil van Dijk: +3300
Alexis Macallister: +6600
Ryan Gravenberch: +10000
William Saliba: +15000
Trent Alexander-Arnold: +20000
Outside the top 3, the central midfielders have been recognised as Arsenal enforcer Declan Rice, Liverpool’s World Cup-winning lynchpin, Alexis Macallister, and the Reds’ defensive midfielder Ryan Gravenberch take the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth positions, respectively. William Saliba’s solidity makes him a contender as he is in seventh place, while Trent Alexander-Arnold is in eighth place after missing a chunk of the title run-in but returned on Sunday and scored the winning goal against Leicester City to almost take Liverpool within inches of winning the PL title.
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