{"id":287116,"date":"2023-08-29T22:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287116"},"modified":"2023-08-29T22:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:22:27","slug":"bukayo-saka-wins-pfa-young-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/bukayo-saka-wins-pfa-young-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukayo Saka\u00a0wins PFA Young Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bukayo Saka\u00a0wins PFA Young Player of the Year award after starring for Mikel Arteta in Arsenal&#8217;s title charge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bukayo Saka has been rewarded for his fine form during the 2022-23 season\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Arsenal pushed Manchester City all the way in their Premier League title win\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bukayo Saka has become the first Arsenal player in 12 years to win the men&#8217;s PFA Young Player of the Year award, having edged out Erling Haaland to the gong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saka has been nominated for the past four seasons and has now finally been crowned as the victor for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal and England star was influential in Arsenal&#8217;s title bid, and was key in securing their return to Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>He has beat off competition from team-mate Gabriel Martinelli, as well as\u00a0Erling Haaland, Moises Caicedo, Evan Ferguson, and Jacob Ramsey.<\/p>\n<p>In winning the award\u00a0Saka is the first Arsenal player to win it since Leah Williamson in 2015, and since Jack Wilshere in 2011 for the men&#8217;s award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/15\/74835489-12457321-image-a-16_1693320723793.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bukayo Saka has been crowned the PFA&#8217;s Young Player of the Year for the 2022-23 season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/15\/74837419-12457321-image-a-22_1693320808901.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/15\/74837453-12457321-image-m-21_1693320794255.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Saka beat off competition from star names such as Erling Haaland (left) and Moises Caicedo<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Saka s<span>cored a career<\/span><span>&#8211;<\/span><span>high 14 goals in the Premier League, along <\/span><span>with delivering 11 assists in his starring role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The young winger&#8217;s stock rose even further<\/span>\u00a0with three goals in England&#8217;s World Cup campaign in Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saka was the jewel of Arsenal&#8217;s crown last season &#8211; but team-mate Martinelli wasn&#8217;t far behind and made a strong case for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian scored\u00a015 goals and added five assists in a fine campaign. Had Martinelli won, he would have been the first Brazilian recipient of the PFA Young Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo, now at Chelsea following a \u00a3115million British record transfer, was an unsung hero at Brighton last season, while former team-mate Evan Ferguson enjoyed a breakout campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson\u00a0became the youngest Seagulls player to score in the Premier League at the age of 18 in a 4-2 defeat to Arsenal. The Republic of Ireland forward added a further five league goals thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ramsey was a deserving nominee having thrived for Aston Villa upon their return to Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ramsey has now been nominated for the second successive year, with the England Under-21 international scoring six goals in 34 games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/15\/74835487-12457321-image-a-24_1693321125721.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saka scored a career-high 14 goals in the Premier League last season, along with 11 assists<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12457321\/Bukayo-Saka-wins-PFA-Young-Player-Year-award-starring-Mikel-Arteta-Arsenals-title-charge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bukayo Saka\u00a0wins PFA Young Player of the Year award after starring for Mikel Arteta in Arsenal&#8217;s title charge Bukayo Saka has been rewarded for his <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/bukayo-saka-wins-pfa-young-player-of-the-year-award\/\" title=\"Bukayo Saka\u00a0wins PFA Young Player of the Year award\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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