Phil Foden wins 2023/24 Premier League Player of the Season award

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Manchester City player Phil Foden has been voted the 2023/24 EA Sports Premier League Player of the Season.

At a young age of 23, Foden has proven to be a key part of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side chasing a fourth successive league title.

City are presently only one win away from becoming the first team in history to win four straight Premier League titles.

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The diminutive player has scored 17 goals and assisted another eight. That is a direct goal contribution of 25 goals in 34 Premier League outings.

Presently, Manchester City top the league table, leading second-placed Arsenal with just two points heading into the final day.

Foden “extremely proud of” self to win the Player of the Season award

“To win this award is an achievement that I am extremely proud of,” Foden told Man City’s official website.

“The Premier League is acknowledged as the greatest league in the world. And it is a pleasure to have been nominated with so many other great players who have all enjoyed special seasons for their clubs.”

Foden has featured on the wings and in a more central role. He has played the second-most minutes of any Manchester City outfield player this campaign.

The England international superbly stepped up in the absence of injured Kevin De Bruyne as the Belgian playmaker has missed more than half of City’s matches this term.

Back in March, Guardiola described Foden as “the best player in the Premier League”. If City beat West Ham on final matchday, Foden will emerge the youngest player ever to claim six league titles.

It is the fifth successive season a Manchester City player has been named the EA SPORTS Player of the Season.

League top scorer Erling Haaland claimed it last season, while De Bruyne won it in the 2019/20 season. KDB also got the coveted award in 2021/22. Portuguese defender Rúben Dias was awarded Player of the Season in the 2020/21 campaign.

Foden wins the award ahead of seven other impressive players who were shortlisted. The list includes Haaland, Alexander Isak, Cole Palmer, Martin Odegaard, Ollie Watkins, Declan Rice, and Virgil van Dijk.

Votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of football experts to decide the winner.

Chelsea’s Cole Palmer was announced winner of the 2023/24 Premier League Young Player of the Season on Friday.