LONDON (AP) — Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named Premier League player of the season for a second time. The Egypt international joins Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidic and Kevin De Bruyne in the two-time winner category. No player has won the award three times.

In another world, Mohamed Salah could have been playing his final match in Liverpool colours at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon. There were concerns among the Anfield faithful that their Egyptian king would be saying farewell at the end of the current campaign amid uncertainty over his future,

Mohamed Salah is only the fifth player to win the award twice, after Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidic and Kevin De Bruyne.