Manchester Metropolis midfielder Phil Foden named PFA Participant of the Yr

Phil Foden poses after successful the PFA Gamers’ Participant of the Yr award in the course of the 2024 PFA Awards on the Opera Home Manchester, England, on August 20, 2024
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Manchester Metropolis’s England midfielder Phil Foden gained the Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation (PFA) Participant of the Yr award on Tuesday after serving to his membership win a document fourth successive Premier League title.

The 24-year-old scored 27 targets in 53 appearances in all competitions final season as Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis additionally lifted the UEFA Tremendous Cup and Membership World Cup and have been FA Cup runners-up.

“Successful this award is one thing very particular and I’m very proud and grateful for it,” mentioned Foden.

“To be recognised on this means by your friends means every part and I wish to thank everybody who voted for me. I’d additionally like to provide a particular due to Pep, the Metropolis coaches and all my teammates for serving to me to get higher every single day.”

Premier League workforce of the 12 months winners (left to proper) Declan Rice, Ollie Watkins, David Raya, William Saliba, Gabriel, Phil Foden, Rodri, Martin Odegaard, Virgil van Dijk, Erling Haaland and Kyle Walker
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Foden beat competitors from Metropolis’s Erling Haaland, who gained the award final 12 months, and Rodri, plus Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard and Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins.

“I might additionally prefer to congratulate (teammates) Kyle (Walker), Rodrigo and Erling on being voted into the PFA Workforce of the Yr, it is nice to see their wonderful high quality recognised on this means,” he added.

Palmer wins younger participant award

Chelsea winger Palmer, 22, was named Younger Participant of the Yr after scoring 22 targets in 34 Premier League appearances in his first season with the London membership after leaving Metropolis.

Metropolis’s Khadija Shaw was named Girls’s Participant of the Yr, with Grace Clinton choosing up the Younger Participant of the Yr after excelling on mortgage at Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester United.