By Samuel A. August 20, 2024
Manchester City ace Philip Walter Foden has completed an individual award treble by being named as the 2024 Professional Football Association (PFA) Player’s Player of the Year, just three months after winning the FWA Footballer of the Year award and Premier League player of the season, following Manchester City’s fourth Premier League title win in a row. The 24 year old has made it the fourth time a City player has won the award in the last five years with Kevin De Bruyne (2020, 2021) and Erling Haaland (2023) both winning the award in recent years. The England forward, who had previously won the PFA Young Player of the Year award in 2021 and 2022, received the Player’s Player of the Year trophy at the PFA’s Awards dinner in Manchester on Tuesday evening.
Manchester City women’s team forward Khadija Shaw also claimed the Women’s Player’s Player of the Year crown after topping the WSL scoring charts with 21 goals last season — eight goals clear of her closest challengers Lauren James and Elisabeth Terland.
Like Foden, Jamaica international Shaw also won the FWA (Football Writers’ Association) award as Women’s Footballer of the Year at the end of the 2023/24 season.
Chelsea forward Cole Palmer, on the other hand, was announced as the winner of the PFA Young Player of the Year award after scoring 27 goals and registering 15 assists in all competitions in his first season at Stamford Bridge following a £40 million ($52m) transfer from City last August. The 22 year old also broke into the England squad last season and ended the campaign by scoring in the Euro 2024 Final defeat against Spain in Berlin in July.
Manchester United women’s team midfielder Grace Clinton was named the Women’s Young Player of the Year following a successful campaign on loan at Tottenham last season. Other awards given were the Championship player of the year, given to Crysencio Summerville, League One player of the year given to Alfie May and League Two player of the year given to Jodi Jones.
