English Premier League revealed the record of the shortlisted gamers for the Player of the Season award for the 2022/23 version on Thursday, May 18. As anticipated, the in-form Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and Arsenal’s younger midfielder Martin Odegaard are among the high contenders to win the award this season.
Haaland is having fun with a sensational debut season in EPL with 36 objectives from simply 33 matches for the Citizens. He has already damaged the file for the most objectives scored in a single season in the match’s wealthy historical past. Kevin De Bruyne, Haaland’s teammate at Etihad, can be included in the seven-man shortlist. The Belgian midfielder has recorded seven objectives and 16 assists from simply 30 video games this season to this point and has received the award twice in the final three seasons.
Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard and younger ahead Bukayo Saka are additionally in rivalry to win the prestigious particular person award. Odegaard raised his sport since being appointed to steer the Gunners this season. He has contributed 15 objectives and 7 assists in 35 matches to maintain Arsenal at the high of the factors desk for the majority of the season. Saka has slowed down a bit since the begin of the yr 2023 however nonetheless has managed to file 13 objectives and 10 assists to this point.
Tottenham Hotspur’s star striker and England’s nationwide group captain Harry Kane, Newcastle United’s full-back Kieran Trippier, and Manchester United’s ahead Marcus Rashford are the remaining three gamers on the shortlist. But, the in-form Liverpool ahead Mohammed Salah has did not make the shortlist this season regardless of having scored 19 objectives and 10 assists to maintain the Reds alive in the race for Champions League qualification subsequent season.
Meanwhile, Haaland, Saka, and Odegaard are additionally included in the shortlist for the Premier League Young Player of the Season award. Gabriel Martinelli joins his Arsenal teammates on this class and is among the favorites to win the award as effectively. Newcastle United’s younger striker Alexander Isak and defender Sven Botman, Brighton’s Moises Caicedo, and Alexis Mac Allister are the remaining 4 contenders for the award this season.
