Salah wins, but who's next in line? BBC Sport's players of the year

Mohamed Salah is expected to triumph a cleanable expanse of extremity of play awards this summertime aft starring arsenic Liverpool cantered to nan Premier League title.

The Egyptian is measurement retired connected his ain for goals scored (28) and assists (18) and has group nan grounds for nan astir extremity involvements successful a 38-game season.

When asked for their subordinate of nan season, a big of BBC Sport pundits, reporters and commentators were successful statement - Salah has been nan standout player.

BBC Radio 5 Live pundit, and Premier League-winning striker, Chris Sutton, said: "His numbers are outrageous, he has scored aliases assisted 46 Premier League goals this play - that's much than Manchester United person managed.

"How tin you not ballot for Mo Salah arsenic your subordinate of nan year? Anyone not voting for Salah is simply a buffoon."

So, to operation things up, we asked for their different starring players of nan run - but only allowed them to prime 1 much subordinate from Liverpool.

Here are nan picks and you tin ballot for who has impressed you astir pinch their selections astatine nan bottommost of nan page.

1: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

He's my 'other' Liverpool subordinate because he is their leader astatine nan backmost and he's been arsenic bully for them this play arsenic he was earlier his cruciate ligament wounded successful 2020.

2: Murillo (Nottingham Forest)

I'd decidedly person a Forest subordinate successful my 3 and Chris Wood has evidently scored a batch of their goals. They person dried up a spot recently, but aft each nan ups and downs of his profession it is still a awesome story.

I americium going to spell pinch Murillo complete Wood, though. No-one had really heard of him earlier Forest signed him successful 2023 but he's been specified an integral portion of their superb season.

I could person easy picked his centre-half partner Nikola Milenkovic because he has been phenomenal arsenic well, and a batch of Forest's occurrence has been based connected nan coagulated instauration they springiness nan team.

3: Declan Rice (Arsenal)

He is conscionable a phenomenal footballer whether he is playing arsenic a number six aliases number eight. The thrust he gives this Arsenal broadside is unthinkable and I conscionable really emotion watching him play. He has been fantabulous throughout.

1: Alexander Isak (Newcastle United)

No longer potential. Isak transitioned into a genuinely world-class striker this play successful afloat surviving colour.

2: Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Consistently fantabulous successful Arsenal's midfield... and his 2 free-kicks versus Real Madrid were among nan season's highlights.

3: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

If Mohamed Salah supplies nan stardust, past Van Dijk brings nan glue. Poetry successful motion.

Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)

In a season, Europa League isolated - although moreover that ended successful conclusion successful nan final - of complete mediocrity for Manchester United, skipper Bruno Fernandes has been a sparkling light.

Often questioned astir his suitability for leadership, Fernandes has astatine slightest tried to group standards of value and resilience respective levels supra astir of his team-mates.

It whitethorn beryllium unusual to connection up a Footballer Of The Year campaigner for a squad truthful debased successful nan Premier League, but Fernandes is simply a deserving candidate.

Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Arsenal's play has fallen short erstwhile it comes to winning trophies, but nan accordant excellence of Declan Rice has been a stand-out.

He scored those 2 sensational free-kicks successful nan Champions League quarter-final first limb against Real Madrid astatine Emirates Stadium, past scored nan victor against Newcastle United that confirmed Arsenal will beryllium successful Europe's elite title adjacent season. When Harry Kane yet steps disconnected nan world stage, he should beryllium England's adjacent captain.

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

No-one tin reason Van Dijk's Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah doesn't merit nan accolade of subordinate of nan year, but plentifulness mightiness reason that Liverpool's skipper would besides person been a worthy winner.

He was nan leader and protect kingpin arsenic chap Dutchman Arne Slot won nan Premier League successful his first play arsenic manager, pinch nan defender showing nary signs of reduced powers. Everyone astatine Anfield was elated erstwhile he signed a caller two-year contract, moreover though he is 34 successful July.

Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool)

Virgil van Dijk mightiness person played nan astir minutes (at nan clip of writing) successful Liverpool's title run but his chap Dutchman, different ever present, has excelled. He has go specified a cardinal subordinate nether Arne Slot arsenic a midfield lynchpin and has been a exemplary of precocious consistency.

Declan Rice (Arsenal)

His 2 memorable free-kick strikes against Real Madrid will unrecorded agelong successful nan representation but his all-action performances saw guidelines retired successful Arsenal's tally to nan Champions League semi-finals. I callback him making a lung-bursting tally successful Eindhoven moreover erstwhile Arsenal were comfortably up during their 7-1 triumph astatine PSV. Those power levels and desire were besides evident successful a majestic show successful Madrid.

Alexander Isak (Newcastle United)

His extremity ratio is highly awesome but he's a value footballer. His instinctive decorativeness successful nan League Cup last highlights his prowess successful beforehand of extremity but his movement, consciousness and method expertise let him to harvester his skills pinch speed, meaning he's a changeless threat.

He is simply a world-class talent and Champions League qualification will beryllium important for Newcastle United to ward disconnected imaginable suitors.

Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)

Has bonded nan Liverpool defence and onslaught together brilliantly and made nan monolithic measurement up from Brighton.

Alexander Isak (Newcastle)

Has developed into a top-class striker. Am not judge astir nan Thierry Henry comparisons but he's been arsenic bully arsenic immoderate this season.

Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)

A stellar extremity to nan play capped pinch an FA Cup last match-winner that looked easy but fewer could propulsion off.

Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)

No subordinate successful nan Premier League has created much chances than Bruno Fernandes and doing that successful a struggling Manchester United squad is each nan much impressive.

Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool)

Probably Liverpool's astir important player, barroom Mohamed Salah, fixed he helps build attacks astatine nan guidelines of Arne Slot's midfield successful their possession-based system.

Moises Caicedo (Chelsea)

Most group considered Cole Palmer to beryllium Chelsea's astir important subordinate but nan British transportation grounds midfielder has been nan prima for Enzo Maresca's squad this season.

Alexander Isak (Newcastle)

The Sweden striker has spearheaded Newcastle's Champions League situation and helped them extremity their 56-year trophy drought by winning nan Carabao Cup. He has besides go nan first Magpies subordinate since Alan Shearer successful 2003-04 to people much than 22 convention goals.

Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)

While team-mate Mohamed Salah will return nan individual awards, defender Van Dijk has besides been cardinal to their success. He has made nan astir touches successful nan Premier League, nan astir passes, nan 4th astir interceptions and is besides successful nan apical 10 for clearances.

Murillo (Nottingham Forest)

The defender has been integral to Nottingham Forest's exceptional season, his business pinch Nikola Milenkovic important astatine nan back. He has made nan astir clearances successful nan Premier League this season, including 3 disconnected nan line.

Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)

The Cameroon world has had a superb run for Brentford, netting 19 Premier League goals to support nan Bees successful nan hunt for a European spot adjacent season. Some of nan top-flight's 'bigger' clubs whitethorn travel circling this summer.

Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)

The Crystal Palace winger will spell down successful Eagles history arsenic nan subordinate who scored nan winning extremity for nan club's first awesome trophy, stunning Manchester City successful nan FA Cup final.

The superb Eze has scored a full of 15 goals this season, timing his tally to perfection pinch 7 successful his past six games for Oliver Glasner's side.

Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest)

The bargain signing of nan season. Forest paid conscionable £12m to motion nan Serb from Fiorentina and he has marshalled nan backline superbly.

Milenkovic's performances successful defence guarantee European shot for Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside adjacent season, but will it beryllium nan Champions League aliases Europa League?