Liverpool s Salah wins EPL Player of the Season award

London May 13 (IANS) Liverpool FC and Egypt national football team s forward Mohamed Salah on Sunday won the English Premier League (EPL) Player of the Season award.

Salah 25 returned to England this season after a spell in the Serie A and has continued to earn awards for a stellar season in which he scored a record-tying 31 league goals so far reports Efe.

"It was always in my mind to come back to the Premier League to show the people that say I didn t succeed here the first time " Salah said after receiving the award according to Liverpool s website.

Salah initially arrived in the EPL in 2014 at Chelsea club but played a total of just 19 matches in a two-year spell after which he joined Fiorentina on loan.

He then went to Roma first on loan and then on a long-term basis for one season before heading to Liverpool for 34 million pounds ($46 million) where he has helped lead his club to the Champions League final against Real Madrid set for May 26.

During his first season with Liverpool Salah has scored a total of 43 goals in 50 matches in all competitions.

Salah shares the EPL scoring record for most goals in a 38-match season with Alan Shearer (1995-1996) Cristiano Ronaldo (2007-2008) and Luis Suarez (2013-2014).

The Egyptian still has an opportunity to break the record as Liverpool are set to take on Brighton & Hove Albion in the final round of the EPL later Sunday.

Salah has already been voted player of the year by the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) for the 2017-18 season as well as winning footballer of the year by the Football Writers Association.

--IANS
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