Mohamed Salah’s two-year reign as Reach Sport’s Fans’ Footballer of the Year is over after Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes mounted a late surge to take his crown.
Over 60,000 voters had their say, choosing from a nine-person shortlist of players who have excelled in the Premier League and Women’s Super League in 2022. Salah won the inaugural award in 2020 before enjoying an arguably even more impressive campaign in 2021 to retain his crown.
A third award looked entirely possible as the voting played out over the past month but, in the end, it was Newcastle’s popular Brazilian Guimaraes who surged clear to fill top spot.
