Bukayo Saka wins PFA Young Player of the Year

Arsenal’s Busayo Saka, was on Tuesday, named the PFA Young Player of the Year

He finished ahead of his teammate Gabriel Martinelli and Haaland in the voting for the PFA Young Player of the Year.

Chelsea’s new £115 million signing Moises Caicedo was also shortlisted alongside his former Brighton teammate Evan Ferguson and Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey.

Saka had been nominated on three previous occasions for the PFA Young Player of the Year award and ended up winning the prize after his impressive season for the Gunners in which he scored 14 goals and provided 11 assists.

The England winter was also included in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year alongside his Arsenal teammates Martin Odegaard, William Saliba and Aaron Ramsdale.

Meanwhile, Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has won the PFA Premier League Player of the Year award.

Haaland, who scored 36 goals in his first season in the Premier League to help fire City to the title, topped the votes ahead of John Stones, Kevin de Bruyne, Saka, Martin Odegaard and Harry Kane.

Haaland was also included in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year alongside his City teammates De Bruyne, Rodri, Stones and Ruben Dias.

‘It’s an honour to win this prestigious award,’ Haaland said.

‘To be recognised by your competitors is a great feeling and I would like to thank everyone who voted for me.

‘It was an unforgettable season for the team and for me personally. Winning the Treble was something I never imagined, so to achieve that with such a special group of players was an amazing feeling.

‘John, Rodri, Ruben and Kevin all deserve their place in the Team of the Year and I am delighted that their efforts have been rewarded with this recognition too.

‘We created some incredible memories last season, but now we want to do the same again this year. We have started the season well and we need to keep going.’