manchester City’s Phil Foden has been named Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers’ Association, with the club’s Khadija Shaw scooping the ladies’s award.
England attacking midfielder Foden joins a list of famous names including Stanley Matthews, Bobby Charlton, George Best and Kenny Dalglish.
Foden is the third City player in the past 4 years to win football’s oldest individual award, following Ruben Dias in 2021 and Erling Haaland last year.
The 23-year-old Foden received 42 % of the votes, heading off competition from Arsenal’s Declan Rice and his teammate Rodri, who got here third in a ballot of the FWA’s close to 900-strong membership.
Foden has scored 24 goals this season as Pep Guardiola’s City chase a Premier League and FA Cup double.
“Being named the Football Writers’ Association footballer of the year is a large honour,” mentioned Foden. “I’m very, very completely satisfied to receive this award however I couldn’t have done it with out the assistance of my teammates.”
Guardiola praised his player however mentioned he may get even higher.
“The affect within the closing third is actually good, the work ethic,” he mentioned. “Every year, as a result of variety of video games he’s taking part in, the minutes he’s taking part in, he’s extra mature and he understands the game however he has to proceed. He’s still young.”
“Depends on him, easy as that,” Guardiola added. “I promise you, it is determined by him. Mentality, need extra, do it once more, do it once more, be higher on this division, I’ll stay 24 hours for my sport and for my career. It is determined by him, like all of the gamers.”
Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, who has scored 21 goals within the Girls’s Super League, pipped Chelsea’s Lauren James, with the 2 taking a mixed 80 % of the vote.
Shaw, a Jamaican international will miss City’s closing two video games of the Girls’s Super League season with a foot damage however is nearly sure to complete because the top-scorer within the WSL as Gareth Taylor’s facet close in on the title.
“I’m very proud and privileged to have acquired this award and to be recognised on this means is a particular honour,” mentioned Shaw, 27.
“I need to additionally thank all of my teammates. They provide me with the chance to score goals and I couldn’t have received this award without them.”
