It is predictably and understandably another contest between Manchester City and Arsenal when it comes to who will win the 2023 PFA Player of the Year award.
The positions are based on the latest numbers from oddschecker.
1) Erling Haaland
It does feel like scoring a quite ludicrous amount of goals in a record-breaking debut season might catch the eye of one’s fellow professionals.
2) Martin Odegaard
There is absolutely Norway that the winner of the 2023 PFA Player of the Year award won’t be from Scandinavia. Do you get it? You do. You do get it. Martin Odegaard is quite good.
3) Bukayo Saka
Mind you, there is an element of resistance emanating from those glorious feet of Bukayo Saka, whose 12 goals and 10 assists for the current Premier League leaders put him in the running even before considering his crucial advantage over those two main rivals for the prize: impact at the mid-season World Cup, scoring thrice and tormenting France.
4) Marcus Rashford
On that subject, those three goals in the 137 minutes Gareth Southgate afforded him in Qatar gave Marcus Rashford the necessary platform to launch into a career-best campaign. The Man Utd forward’s 2023 alone puts the 25-year-old firmly in the mix.
5) Kevin de Bruyne
Even in one of his less outstanding Manchester City seasons, Kevin de Bruyne demands to be part of the conversation. No player has ever won the PFA Player of the Year award more than twice and the Belgian is unlikely to leave behind a group containing Mo Salah, Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer and Mark Hughes to achieve that honour.
6) Harry Kane
Leaving aside how genuinely hilarious it would be to witness the sheer fume of Harry Kane being recognised by his peers – the social media reaction alone could generate a small village for decades – this has been a brilliant individual campaign despite the best efforts of his club. The less said about those non-existent goals at international level, the better.
7) Leandro Trossard
That would be quite something. To be fair, Leandro Trossard has scored this season’s most recent non-Manchester City hat-trick, has 17 combined goals and assists for two of the league’s best-run teams and there could be a title winner’s medal to represent his stunning impact for the leaders.
8) Gabriel Martinelli
That post-World Cup slide has been halted and Gabriel Martinelli’s selfless excellence is being tangibly rewarded once again. His role is one of the…
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