Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo snubbed as Chelsea flop wins top Saudi prize

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The Saudi Pro League has announced its Player of the Season, with Liverpool icon Sadio Mane losing out to Al-Nassr team-mate Joao Felix, who also beat Ivan Toney and Ruben Neves to the accoladeSadio Mane has missed out on the top Saudi prize(Image: Getty Images)The Saudi Pro League has named Joao Felix as its player of the season, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane.Captains and managers of the league's 18 clubs made up the bulk of the vote, with supporters and media representatives also having their say. Felix provided the assist for Mane's opener, marking his 13th assist of the campaign, more than any other player.In his maiden season after his move from Chelsea, where he struggled, the forward also scored 20 times.

Ivan Toney finished one goal behind after failing to score in Al-Ahli's final fixture.Joao Felix has picked up the award(Image: Getty Images)Felix surpassed Ronaldo in combined goals and assists, with 33. The league did not present that season-long award after that term, though, and Karim Benzema claimed it last season, meaning Ronaldo is yet to secure it.This campaign, Felix also collected nine player of the match awards from his 33 outings.

He put me to play to command the team, to help the team, be one of the focuses of the team, and I think when that happens, the things goes well."Jesus also won the coach of the season award and singled out Ronaldo after the team's triumph. For me, it's over, it's the last game I'll play with Al-Nassr."