Ex-Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has backed Darwin Nunez for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award.
The Uruguayan global has made enhancements during his second season at Anfield and Johnson says the problems that the striker motives opposition defences makes him a sturdy candidate:
“I’d probable go with a surprise, anybody like Darwin Nunez. People were saying that he doesn’t score adequate goals, but when you think about the way that he plays, he’s possibly the last character that you desire to play towards in the Premier League and that’s pronouncing something with the different players that are available.”Manchester City’s Phil Foden is presently main the betting at the bookmakers, with William Hill pricing the England global at 15/8. Teammate Rodri is 2nd favourite, with Arsenal pair Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka 1/3 and fourth in the running respectively.
Salah and Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk’s odds are longer, as is ultimate season’s winner Erling Haaland. Nunez, meanwhile, is currently 250/1 with Bet 365 to win the award in advance of the extra fancied contenders.
