Liverpool's Mohamed Salah
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was joint top goalscorer in the Premier League this season alongside Tottenham's Son Heung-min

The Professional Footballers' Association men's players' player of the year award nominations include Kevin de Bruyne and Manchester United's CristianoRonaldo.

The three Reds names on the list are forwards Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah and centre-back Virgil van Dijk.

Son Heung-min, the league's top scorer, has not been nominated.

The winner will be announced on 9 June.

De Bruyne was the top scorer and assist provider for City this season with 15 goals and eight assists. He was voted the player of the season.

It was only after losing to Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League that the Reds were able to dominate the list.

The top scorer in the league with 23 goals and 13 assists, he was also the recipient of the premier league's most valuable player award.

The second highest scorer was Mane with 16.

The Reds and City both conceded 26 goals in 38 league games.

Kane was the Golden Boot winner last season, sharing the award with Salah, and it comes as a surprise that the England skipper, who scored 17 goals this year, is on the list.

The nominations for the Ballon d'Or were surprised by the sixth place finish by Manchester United.

The top scorer in the league wasRonaldo with 18.

PFA Young Player Award

Phil Foden
Manchester City's Phil Foden scored 14 goals in all competitions this season

Phil Foden is one of six players nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association men's young player of the year award.

Emile Smith Rowe, who won the young player award last season, is one of three English players in the line-up.

The other players on the list are: Jacob Ramsey from Villa, defenceman Reece James from Chelsea, andMidfielder Conor Gallagher from the Blues.

Foden missed the first month of the season with an injury but still managed to score nine goals and assist five for the winners.

With 11 goals, Saka was the top scorer in the league for the season and also provided the most assists for the team with seven.

Emile Smith Rowe, who won his first England caps this season, was second on the league goal scoring list with 10.

He made his England debut in November after scoring eight goals for Patrick Vieira's side.

James completes a family double with his nomination, as his sister is on the women's young player list.

He scored five goals and provided nine assists this season for a side who conceded fewer goals than every other side except Manchester City.

Ramsey has established himself as a first-team regular this season and picked up the player of the season award.

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