Three members of Liverpool’s title-winning squad have been nominated for the Premier League’s player of the season award.
Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, and Ryan Gravenberch lead the eight-player shortlist after helping the Reds to a 20th league title.
Captain Van Dijk has played every game for Liverpool this season, helping the club record 14 clean sheets, while midfielder Gravenberch has only missed one match.
Salah, meanwhile, has registered a league-high 46 goal contributions, including 28 goals.
Nottingham Forest are the only other club with more than one nominee, with Morgan Gibbs-White included alongside Chris Wood, who is enjoying his most prolific Premier League campaign with 20 goals in 34 matches.
Also nominated are Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, who sits second in the scoring charts with 23 goals, and Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo, who has 18 goals and seven assists to his name – the third-most goal contributions in the league.
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice completes the list.
Pereira nominated for manager award
Wolves manager Vitor Pereira is one of five names in the running for the Premier League manager of the year award.
The club were 19th in the table when Pereira took charge in December but the Portuguese manager has led them to safety, winning 10 and drawing two of his 18 matches in charge. Wolves currently sit 14th.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot, who delivered a league title in his first season at Anfield, is also nominated, as are Eddie Howe (Newcastle) and Nuno Espirito Santo (Nottingham Forest).
Both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest remain in the race for Champions League qualification with two matches remaining.
Thomas Frank, whose Brentford side are on course for a highest-ever finish of eighth, rounds off the shortlist.
A public vote, combined with votes from a panel of football experts, will determine the winners of both awards.
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