Erling Haaland, Sam Kerr named English footballers of the year
MANCHESTER, England — With a large 82 per cent of the votes, Erling Haaland was named England’s footballer of the 12 months on Friday in recognition of his record-breaking first season at Manchester City.
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The award could possibly be the primary of a bunch of trophies for the Norway striker, whose targets have put City in competition for a treble of titles: The Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.
Haaland’s outstanding debut English season has already seen him set a brand new league scoring document of 35 in a single marketing campaign.
In complete, he has 51 targets in 47 video games in all competitions, blasting his means by way of nearly each protection that has stood in his means.
“I try every single day to be the best I can be, and to be recognized like this means a lot to me,” Haaland mentioned. “I have loved my time at City so far — my teammates are incredible, and they provide me with the chances to score goals. I want to thank all of them, because I could not have won this award without them.”
The award is voted for by the Football Writers Association in England. Previous winners have included greats reminiscent of World Cup winner Bobby Charlton, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.
Haaland’s landslide win got here after votes from round 800 members of the writers affiliation.
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard got here second and third respectively.
Haaland was already tipped to be top-of-the-line strikers on the planet when he joined City from Borussia Dortmund final 12 months and had been linked with the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester United. But even given his repute at Dortmund, he has in all probability exceeded expectations at City, for which he has racked up six hat methods.
In March, he scored a record-equalling 5 targets in a single recreation within the Champions League in a 7-0 rout of Leipzig. Haaland is the highest scorer on this season’s Champions League with 12 to this point.
The Premier League document of 34 in a single season was collectively held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer and stood for 29 years.
Haaland might additional prolong his new benchmark, as top-of-the-table City has 4 extra league video games.
City supervisor Pep Guardiola believes 22-year-old Haaland will solely get higher.
“Of course this record will be broken sooner or later, maybe by him in the future,” Guardiola mentioned this month. “He will rating plenty of targets. His mentality is to attain extra, extra. But when he scores, (he’s like) `I need to rating within the subsequent motion.’
“I have the feeling he will score goals for his mentality. When you are anxious in both boxes you are not a good striker or defender and he is so calm.”
Chelsea striker Sam Kerr received her second successive girls’s footballer of the 12 months, turning into the primary participant to take action for the reason that award was launched in 2018.
Aston Villa’s Rachel Daly and Chelsea’s Lauren James got here second and third respectively.
Kerr, from Australia, has 26 targets in 34 membership appearances at Chelsea, which faces Manchester United within the Women’s FA Cup last on Sunday. The staff additionally reached the Women’s Champions League semifinals, shedding to Barcelona.
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