This week, the voting for the Football Writers Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year will close and there will probably be some left-field choices.

Individual accolades are rarely given to defenders - only once in the last 36 years has a defender been named Footballer of the Year, Ruben Dias collecting the honour for the 2020-21 season.

But had it not been for Salah, Virgil van Dijk would have been a worthy recipient this time around, the Dutchman having been an imperious leader of this Liverpool team, on and off the field.



Salah, though, has been the Premier League’s most consistently brilliant performer by some distance.

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And importantly, he is becoming an increasingly precious commodity in a league in which how teams work without the ball is becoming more and more important.

And that is why Salah and Henry are true Premier League greats.

While Salah will dominate the senior awards, the competition for the best young player of the season is tighter.

Alexis Mac Allister has been the most consistent midfielder in the Premier League this season.

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