Foden, Palmer shine at PFA awards
Manchester City midfielder, Phil Foden, has won the Professional Footballers’ Association men’s player of the year award, while Chelsea winger, Cole Palmer, was named young player of the year.
It is the first time since the 2009-10 campaign that both men’s awards have gone to English players.
Wayne Rooney and James Milner won the player and young player of the year prizes respectively for that season.
Foden scored 19 goals in 35 top-flight appearances in 2023-24 as City won a historic fourth successive Premier League, and aged 23 he became the youngest player to have won six league titles.
This is the first time the Stockport-born playmaker has been the PFA’s player of the year, having twice been selected as the best young player.
He also won the 2023-24 Premier League player of the season award and was named the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) footballer of the year.
Foden beat his City team-mates, Erling Haaland, who won the award last year, and Rodri, as well as Chelsea’s Palmer, Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard and Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins who were on the shortlist.-BBC
