Ireland’s sensation Evan Ferguson has made the six-man shortlist for the Professional Footballers’ Association Players’ Young Player of the Season
award to be announced on August 29.
The Bettystown native marked his breakthrough season by becoming Brighton and Hove Albion’s youngest-ever Premier League scorer when finding
the net against Arsenal. He added another five league goals before the season finished as well as his debut goal for Ireland against Latvia.
In a ballot taken by Premier League players ahead of the 50th anniversary awards in London, unsurprisingly Manchester City’s Erling Haaland was
nominated for both the young and senior accolades.
Ferguson’s former clubmate Moisés Caicedo, Chelsea’s record-breaking purchase, makes the cut along with Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Gabriel
Martinelli, completed by Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey. The 18-year-old Irishman, persistently tipped with a move to one of the league’s powerhouses,
is the youngest candidate by two years.
Treble winners City dominate the senior award nominees too, with Haaland joined by Belgium Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones.
League runners-up Arsenal have Saka and Martin Odegaard featuring, with Harry Kane completing the shortlist for his 30-goal final season at
Tottenham.
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Brighton feeling ‘cheated’ by player’s entourage – Frustration at agent games
Brighton and Hove Albion have been left feeling ‘cheated’ by Mohammed Kudus’ entourage, growing increasingly annoyed at the lack of movement
on a deal for the player.
Reports earlier this month had indicated that Kudus was on his way to Brighton, who had reached an agreement with Ajax over a transfer and were
pushing ahead to get a deal over the line.
There’s been little progress on the potential deal since that point, though, with it unclear why that is the case given Brighton and Ajax were in
agreement on a €40m deal.
Various reports have indicated that it may be Kudus holding things up, with it even claimed that he might have pulled the plug on the deal as he
wants to join a bigger club than Brighton.
This has left Roberto de Zerbi’s side frustrated with the player and his representatives, according to VI, who cover the situation today and detail the
growing unhappiness at the whole affair.
.It is mainly a guess about how and why, but it is plausible that Kudus has a larger club in mind and is waiting to see what may come his way,’ the
newspaper reports.
‘Brighton felt cheated. An agreement between the interested clubs and Ajax is not so much the problem, but none of the interested clubs have been
able to reach a deal with Kudus and its management so far.’
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