Manchester Metropolis‘s title-winning trio Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Rodri lead the PFA males’s Participant of the 12 months shortlist which was introduced on Tuesday, with Arsenal‘s Martin Ødegaard and Chelsea‘s Cole Palmer additionally in rivalry for the honour.
Aston Villa and England striker Ollie Watkins, who helped the membership qualify for the Champions League for the primary time since 1982-83, rounds out the nominations as gamers vote for his or her star performers from the 2023-24 Premier League season.
Foden, a two-time Premier League Younger Participant of the 12 months award winner, has already claimed the Premier League’s Participant of the Season and the Soccer Writers’ Participant of the Season.
Haaland earned his second consecutive Golden Boot final time period with 27 league targets, whereas Rodri went 74 video games unbeaten for membership and nation till the FA Cup ultimate defeat to Manchester United as Metropolis gained their fourth successive league title.
Palmer stands as the one candidate with an opportunity of successful each the Younger Participant of the 12 months award and the principle prize after a shocking debut marketing campaign at Stamford Bridge by which he amassed 22 targets and 11 assists.
The PFA additionally introduced the nominations for the ladies’s PFA Participant of the 12 months, together with Lauren James, Erin Cuthbert and Khadija “Bunny” Shaw.
James, Cuthbert and Chelsea teammate Niamh Charles helped the west London membership to their fifth successive Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL) title, whereas Shaw was the division’s high scorer with 22 as Manchester Metropolis pushed the title race to the ultimate day.
Metropolis’s Yui Hasegawa and Lauren Hemp additionally additionally on made the shortlist, with the previous vying to turn out to be the primary Japanese participant to win the celebrated particular person award.
The winners of each prizes will likely be introduced on Aug. 20.
