Arsenal players shine at PFA awards | OneFootball

Arsenal came home with the player of the year award and the young player of the year award alongside four players making the team of the year.

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The PFA awards are voted by the players who have a good idea on their opposition’s performance level and therefore have credibility, unlike fan voted trophies for example.

Emily Fox, Kim Little, Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo were named in the XI. Interestingly, all the players selected come from the big four with four players for Arsenal, three for Manchester United, two for Manchester City and two for Chelsea.

Goalkeeper:

Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United)

Emily Fox (Arsenal)

Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United)

Millie Bright (Chelsea)

Jayde Riviere (Manchester United)

Midfielders:

Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)

Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea)

Kim Little (Arsenal)

Forwards:

Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)

Alessia Russo (Arsenal)

Mary Fowler (Manchester City)

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The Young Player of the Year award went to Arsenal’s Olivia Smith for her performances with Liverpool Women in her first WSL season. She was electric throughout the season and that’s why Arsenal paid a fee around £1M to sign the winger.

The Player of the Year award went to Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey and rightly so. The club and especially the manager got a lot of grief for letting Vivianne Miedema go at the end of last season, but bringing Mariona Caldentey in was certainly a top-class replacement. She is one of those players who make the team and the players around her better.

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A reminder that she won in her first season at Arsenal:

Arsenal.com player of the year, Arsenal Women Supporters Club player of the season, WSL player of the season and PFA Players’ player of the season.

Basically a grand slam of individual trophies to add to the Champions League trophy for the third season in a row, a second place in the League and being runner-up at the Euros with Spain too.

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I am quite sure, Caldentey will be in the Ballon d’Or top 5, as her individual performances have been phenomenal this season. She may well win that trophy too, but there are so many talented players who performed strongly that it is hard to know how the votes will go.