FWA Footballer of the Year voting: Mohamed Salah all the way down in NINTH, only three Arsenal players & James Maddison gets votes

• Haaland won Footballer of the Year
• Salah came ninth in the ranks
• Arsenal star Saka was second

WHAT HAPPENED? Erling Haaland was named the Football Writers' Association's player of the year amid his incredible debut season at Manchester City. He came in ahead of Bukayo Saka, who was one of three Arsenal players to make the top 15.

Despite scoring 19 times and setting up seven goals in the Premier League this season, Liverpool hero Salah was surprisingly low on the list, with last year's winner coming in behind Casemiro and above Kieran Trippier.

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THE BIGGER PICTURE: After Haaland and Saka, Martin Odegaard, Kevin De Bruyne and Marcus Rashford completed the top five in the rankings, with Harry Kane and Declan Rice coming in ahead of Manchester United's Casemiro.

Leicester midfielder James Maddison missed out on the top 10 but was ahead of Granit Xhaka, Rodri, John Stones and Brighton sensation Moises Caicedo.

FULL FWA FOOTBALL OF THE YEAR VOTING:

1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
2. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
3. Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
4. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
5. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
6. Harry Kane (Tottenham)
7. Declan Rice (West Ham)
8. Casemiro (Manchester United)
9. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
10. Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United)
11. James Maddison (Leicester City)
12. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)
13. Rodri (Manchester City)
14. John Stones (Manchester City)
15. Moises Caicedo (Brighton)

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WHAT NEXT FOR SALAH? The Egypt star will be out to improve on his excellent record when Liverpool take on Leicester on Monday.