Arsenal 26yo nominated for PFA Player of the Year | OneFootball

Declan Rice has been named in the top six for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award for 2025, following a strong campaign with Arsenal.

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The PFA confirmed their top-six players for the Players’ Player of the Year award on Friday, with Declan Rice joining Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, and Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah.

The winner of the award will be announced later this year, with the ceremony taking place at the Manchester Opera House on August 19th.

Arsenal face Manchester United at Old Trafford on August 17th, so Rice may just want to stay on in Manchester if he plans to attend in person.

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Rice has received plenty of recognition on all fronts for his performances throughout the 2024/25 campaign.

The Arsenal fans named him their Player of the Season, the Football Writers’ Association put him in their top-four picks for Footballer of the Year, and the Premier League nominated him in their top eight for Player of the Season.

Now the players have also recognised Rice’s displays with their own nomination through the PFA.

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Rice made 52 appearances for Arsenal this season, scoring nine goals and assisting a further 10 in all competitions.

That included 11 direct goal contributions in the Premier League, breaking double figures for the second season running – a feat he never achieved at former club West Ham United.

Salah is surely the favourite for the PFA award, having already won the Premier League’s Player of the Season award and the FWA’s Footballer of the Year award.

But all parties are evidently in agreement that Rice was one of the other outstanding performers in English football in 2024/25.