Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold bids to become FIFTH two-time PFA Young Player of the Year winner

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Trent Alexander-Arnold bids to become just the FIFTH two-time PFA Young Player of the Year winner after being named on an all-English shortlist with Phil Foden, Mason Mount, Bukayo Saka, Mason Greenwood and Declan Rice

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold has been nominated for PFA Young Player of the Year 
  • The Liverpool right back picked up the prize for the 2019-2020 season 
  • Phil Foden and Mason Mount have also been included on the shortlist
  • All of the six contenders for the award are England internationals  

By Kathryn Batte For Mailonline

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Trent Alexander-Arnold has been included in an all-English shortlist for the 2020-2021 PFA Young Player of the Year award.

The Liverpool right-back picked up the prize in the 2019-2020 campaign following the Reds’ Premier League title win but he faces strong competition to come out on top for a successive year. 

Phil Foden, who won this season’s title with Manchester City, is also on the shortlist alongside Chelsea‘s Champions League winner Mason Mount.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been included in an all-English shortlist for the 2020-2021 PFA Young Player of the Year award

Phil Foden has been nominated following his title-winning season with Manchester City

Mason Mount is also on the list after helping Chelsea win the Champions League

Phil Foden (left) and Mason Mount (right) have also been nominated for the award

Foden managed nine goals and five assists in the league while Mount contributed six of each as Chelsea finished fourth.

Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Mason Greenwood make up the rest of the nominations.

Rice had an impressive season with West Ham, captaining the side on a number of occasions as they qualified for the Europa League.

Declan Rice has also been recognised following an impressive season with West Ham

Declan Rice has also been recognised following an impressive season with West Ham

Saka was a regular starter for Arsenal and played in a number of positions, contributing five goals and four assists across the season.

Manchester United forward Greenwood finished the campaign strongly with six goals in his last eight games, to give him a total of nine.

All six of the players made Gareth Southgate’s 33-man England squad ahead of the Euros, with Greenwood the only one to miss out on a place in the final 26 due to injury. 

Bukayo Saka contributed five goals and four assists in the league

Mason Greenwood finished the season strongly with six goals in his last eight games

Bukayo Saka (left) and Mason Greenwood (right) make up the final two nominations

There were doubts over Alexander-Arnold’s inclusion with the defender having suffered a drop off in form at the start of the year. 

But the full-back looked back to his best towards the end of the season, contributing four assists in his last nine games to help Liverpool qualify for the Champions League.

Liverpool were unbeaten in the league following the defender’s omission from Southgate’s England squad for the March World Cup qualifiers.