Liverpool announced on its official website on Saturday that the team's legendary Egypt international right winger Mohamed Salah and Netherlands international defensive midfielder wonderkid Ryan Gravenberch were officially named as the Premier League Player of the Season / Premier League Young Player of the Season respectively.

According to Liverpool's official statement, this is the first time since the 2019/20 season that two players in the team have been selected as the Premier League Player of the Season and the Premier League Young Player of the Season in the same season.

At that time, Virgil van Dijk was selected as the Player of the Season and Trent Alexander-Arnold was selected as the Premier League Young Player of the Season.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second time Salah has been selected as the Premier League Player of the Season, and it is also the first time in modern history that no Manchester City player has been nominated.

In addition, the Egyptian King was also selected as the Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year for the 2024/25 season for the third time, becoming the only player to win this honour three times like former Arsenal and France legendary international striker Thierry Henry.

He also broke the record of club legends John Barnes and Sir Kenny Dalglish, who were selected twice each, to become the player who have been named the FWA Footballer of the Year the most times in Liverpool's club history.

About Mohamed Salah

The 32-year-old Mohamed Salah, nicknamed "The Pharaoh" or "Egyptian King", was born on June 15, 1992 in Nagrig, Basyoun, Western Province, Egypt. He is 1.75 meters tall and primarily plays as a right winger, but can also play as a center forward.

When Salah was young, he played for the youth academies of Ittihad-Basyoun and Othmason Tanta. At the age of 14, he was spotted by a scout and joined the Al-Mokawloon youth academy and completed his Al-Mokawloon first-team debut by coming on as a substitute in an Egyptian Premier League match.

In April 2012, Salah joined Basel.

During his time with Basel, Salah won the Swiss Super League twice with the club and was pursued fiercely by Chelsea after scoring and playing tricks against his opponent in a UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea.

In January 2014, Chelsea joined Chelsea for £11 million.

It is worth mentioning that Liverpool had actually already wanted to sign Salah at that time, but missed the opportunity because they made an offer too late.

During his time with the Blues, Salah rarely got chances to play due to fierce competition for positions.

On the winter transfer window deadline day of the following year, Salah was loaned-out to Fiorentina.

In August 2015, Salah joined Roma on-loan with an option-to-buy, and his ownership was officially bought out the following summer.

During the two-year spell with I Giallorossi, Salah attracted the attention of many European giants with his extremely high goalscoring and assists efficiency.

In July 2017, Salah finally joined Liverpool for £43 million, becoming the most expensive player in Egyptian football history.

During this spell, the "Terrifying Front-Three" partnership which he had formed with his former teammates Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino was one of the most efficient forward partnerships in European football history.

At the same time, Salah is also the most goalscoring efficient striker in Liverpool's modern history since Fernando Torres and Luis Suárez.

This season, Salah has been in great form, breaking records one after another. So far, he has played 49 times for the Reds in all competitions, scoring 33 goals and providing 23 assists.

In the Premier League alone, he has scored 28 goals and provided 18 assists, making him very likely to win the Golden Boot and Playmaker award this season.

Since becoming a member of the Reds, Salah has played 398 times for Liverpool across all competitions so far, scoring 244 goals and providing 114 assists. During which, he has won the Carabao Cup twice, the English Community Shield once, the English FA Cup once, the Premier League twice, the UEFA Champions League once, the UEFA Super Cup once, and the FIFA Club World Cup once with the club. He has continuously broken hundreds of goals and assists records in the Premier League, the Champions League and Liverpool's club history.

At the same time, he is also the third Liverpool's third all-time goalscorer in the club's history.

About Ryan Gravenberch

Ryan Gravenberch, who is only 23 years old, was born on May 16, 2002 in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. He is 1.9 meters tall and primarily plays as a center midfielder. He can also play as an attacking midfielder or a defensive midfielder. He has dual nationality of the Netherlands and Suriname. His brother Denzel is a Surinam international center forward.

Gravenberch joined the Ajax youth academy at a young age and completed his Ajax first-team debut at the end of September 2018, becoming the youngest player in the club's history.

Gravenberch, who was praised for his outstanding performances after his debut, won the Eredivisie three times and the KNVB Cup twice with the club.

In the summer of 2022, Gravenberch moved to Bayern Munich for €23 million.

However, since joining Bayern, Gravenberch has mostly been sitting on the bench, thus making him begun to have the intention of leaving the club at the end of November 2022.

Despite this, he still won the Bundesliga and the DFL-Super Cup with the club.

On the 2024 summer transfer window deadline day, Gravenberch joined Liverpool for €45 million.

At first, under Jürgen Klopp, Gravenberch was not given much playing chances.

However, since Arne Slot took office, Gravenberch replaced Wataru Endo as the Reds starting defensive midfielder and became one of the best young defensive midfielders in European football with his outstanding performances.

Since becoming a member of the Reds, Gravenberch has played 86 times for Liverpool in all competitions so far, scoring 4 goals and assisting 6 times. During which he has won the Premier League once and the Carabao Cup once with the club.