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ASTON VILLA are exploring the viability of a move to sign Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 24, from Chelsea but the asking price needs to be lower than £60m (RM342m) due to the West Midlands club’s financial restrictions. BAYERN MUNICH’S move for French forward Christopher Nkunku, 27, has stalled, delaying Chelsea’s attempts to sign RB Leipzig’s 22-year-old Dutch midfielder Xavi Simons. CHELSEA are set to increase their efforts to sign Argentina forward Alejandro Garnacho

Liverpool’s striker Mohamed Salah poses with the Men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year award backstage during the 2024/2025 Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) awards. – AFPPIC WEST HAM are close to finalising a deal which will allow 27-year-old Mexican midfielder Edson Alvarez to join Fenerbahce on loan. edging closer. BRAZIL midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, is set to join Nottingham Forest from Juventus after Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis brokered a deal with the Turin club’s general manager Damien Comolli.

from Man United but the 21-year-old will not be allowed to leave Old Trafford on the cheap. NEWCASTLE are unwilling to pay more than £40m (RM228m) for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa but the Bees have put a £60m (RM342m) price tag on the 28-year-old DR Congo international. CRYSTAL PALACE want 19-year-old Southampton winger Tyler Dibling to

replace Eberechi Eze, 27, whose move to Tottenham is

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her position on the pitch evolved. Although she was signed as a winger, she has moved into a deeper midfield role and excelled. “Everyone at the club has made it so easy for me and they helped me from the start and it just feels like home and I’m happy to be here,” she said at Tuesday’s awards ceremony. “If you ask me my position I don’t know what to answer, but I just enjoy it on the pitch and I just want to me help my teammates. They’ve made everything so easy for me so it has been an incredible pleasure.” Olivia Smith recently joined Caldentey at Arsenal in a world-record deal and has been named PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year following her superb season at Liverpool. Morgan Rogers has scooped the PFA Men’s Young Player of the Year award following a brilliant campaign that saw the Aston Villa attacking midfielder make his England breakthrough. Salah is joined in the 2024/25 PFA Premier League Team of the Year by Liverpool teammates Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister. Matz Sels and Chris Wood are recognised for their fine campaigns at Nottingham Forest, while unsettled striker Alexander Isak has been included in recognition of his excellent form at Newcastle last term. Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes missed out on the XI despite being shortlisted for the Player of the Year award. The PFA Women’s Super League Team of the Year side includes two players from champions Chelsea, Erin Cuthbert and Millie Bright. James Trafford, now of Manchester City, has become the first goalkeeper to be named Championship Player of the Year following his brilliant performances between the sticks during Burnley’s promotion campaign. Richard Kone’s 21-goal haul for Wycombe in his first full season at professional level saw the 22-year-old, who last week signed for QPR, named League One Player of the Year. – The Independent and Caldentey named PFA players of the year

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L IVERPOOL star Mohamed Salah has won a record third Professional Footballers’ Association Men’s Player of the Year award, with Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey collecting the women’s accolade. The 33-year-old Egypt international scored 29 goals and provided 18 assists as Arne Slot’s Reds stormed to last season’s Premier League title. Salah’s stunning form in 2024/25 saw him dominate the voting by the PFA’s membership and enter the history books as the first three-time Player of the Year winner. The PFA crown complements the record equalling third Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award picked up earlier in the year. “I look at myself now, a guy coming from Egypt and making it to the top level, making history today, it’s something that makes me so proud,” Salah said as he was presented with the award at a ceremony in Manchester. After a busy summer of transfers at Anfield but also the tragic death of Diogo Jota, Salah was asked if this season’s team is even stronger than last year’s. “No,” Salah said with a smile. “You can’t say yes or no, it’s tricky. You’re signing very good, talent and also we lets some great players leave and you also know what happened with one our teammates. “So you need to give your experience to the new players because they’ve never played for Liverpool and playing for Liverpool is not easy at all, with all the media and everything at the club. It’s a huge pressure for the young players. “Virgil (van Dijk), me and all the guys in the team try to give them the experience to help them.” PFA Women’s Player of the Year Caldentey, 29, moved to Arsenal last summer and scored 19 goals in all competitions, including eight on the Gunners’ way to lifting the Champions League with a victory in the final against her former club Barcelona. Caldentey’s outstanding season came as

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