Liverpool fans decide their Player of the Year before Sunday’s season finale against Brentford

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For many Liverpool fans, Sunday’s Premier League season finale against Brentford cannot end soon enough.The campaign has been a disaster from start to finish for Arne Slot’s team, with so many lows and very few highs.Amid the wreckage, there have been some good performers, though, and as they prepare to consign this miserable year to history, Rousing The Kop readers have been voting for Liverpool‘s star player of 2025/26. Liverpool’s 25/26 Player of the Season: Ekitike vs Szoboszlai 👊 Credit: Shaun Brooks/CameraSport/MB Media/Getty Images Starting with eight contenders, fans have whittled the voting down to one, unsurprising winner.Dominik Szoboszlai is Liverpool’s Player of the YearIt says a lot that selecting eight Liverpool players to compete against each other for Player of the Year was a challenge in itself.Nevertheless, RTK picked those who had arguably been Slot’s best this season: Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch, Rio Ngumoha, Hugo Ekitike and, of course, Dominik Szoboszlai.There were few shocks along the way, with Wirtz seeing off Ngumoha, Szoboszlai beating Kerkez and Ekitike triumphing over Van Dijk in the quarter-finals.READ MORE: Mo Salah’s final training ground message serves as a warning to Liverpool players for next seasonPhoto by Michael Regan/Getty ImagesSome may have been slightly surprised at seeing Gravenberch knock Salah out at the first hurdle, but other than that, it was so far so predictable.The semi-finals followed a similar pattern, as fans easily voted Szoboszlai past Wirtz, while Ekitike wiped the floor with Gravenberch.By common consensus, Ekitike and Szoboszlai are the only two players to come out of this dismal season with any kind of credit in the bank, and it was fitting that they faced each other in the final.But while the Frenchman has had his moments, he was never going to beat Liverpool’s No.

What did you make of Salah’s explosive statement before his last game for the club? This sounds like it was aimed at Slot… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC Although he has faded in the latter part of the season, Szoboszlai scored a series of brilliant goals, and without him, Liverpool likely would not have even stood a chance of qualifying for the Champions League at all.Ultimately, that showed in the voting, as the Hungarian romped home with the approval of 96% of fans.So, there you have it, your Liverpool Player of the Year for 2025/26: Dominik Szoboszlai.

Let’s hope there are a few more legitimate contenders next year. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox