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With the caller Premier League run little than a period away, Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka is the aboriginal bookies favourite to triumph the 2025/26 PFA Player of the Year award.
We haven't adjacent crowned the victor of this year's PFA awards and bookmakers Betfair are debating who could perchance assistance the idiosyncratic prize successful 2026.
Saka, who was 1 of Arsenal's standout performers successful 2024/25 with 12 goals and 13 assists, is presently the aboriginal favourite astatine 13/2 arsenic Mikel Arteta's broadside are expected to situation for the Premier League rubric again.
The England planetary is surely a accordant performer. He is 1 of lone 3 Premier League players to scope treble figures for some goals and assists crossed each competitions successful each of the past 3 seasons, alongside Mohamed Salah and Bruno Fernandes.
Florian Wirtz is predicted to situation Saka pursuing his debut play astatine Liverpool. The German playmaker is presently priced astatine 7/1 to triumph the PFA award, portion England internationals Phil Foden and Cole Palmer are 8/1 favourites.
Betfair spokesperson Sam Rosbottom gave an penetration into the likelihood up of adjacent month's opening time Premier League fixtures.
"Bukayo Saka is the aboriginal favourite to triumph the 2025/26 Player of the Year award," helium said. "The Arsenal prima is 13/2 to prime up the esteemed prize, having played a cardinal relation successful Arsenal’s Champions League run which saw them scope the semi-finals.
“Liverpool caller lad Florian Wirtz trails astatine 7/1 with Phil Foden and Cole Palmer 8/1 contenders. Elsewhere, Matheus Cunha is 33/1 and Noni Madueke a 40/1 outsider pursuing his determination to Arsenal.”
Betfair: PFA Player of the Year 2025/26 likelihood successful full:
Bukayo Saka – 13/2
Florian Wirtz – 7/1
Phil Foden, Cole Palmer – 8/1
Mo Salah, Declan Rice, Erling Haaland – 9/1
Alexis Mac Allister, Virgil van Dijk, Alexander Isak – 10/1
Rodri – 14/1
Martin Zubimendi, Martin Odegaard – 16/1
Eberechi Eze, Bruno Fernandes – 25/1
Matheus Cunha, William Saliba – 33/1
Bruno Guimaraes, Dominik Szoboszlai, Noni Madueke – 40/1
Jeremie Frimpong, Bryan Mbuemo, Pedro Neto – 50/1
Saka during Arsenal's pre-season grooming connected Monday. Image credit: Getty
Liverpool and Bournemouth volition kick-off the caller Premier League run connected Friday, 15 August. Who bash you deliberation volition impressment successful the coming months? Let america cognize successful the comments.
