Arsenal and Manchester City have dominated nominations at 2022-23 Premier League Season Awards.
Arsenal have bagged six nominations with Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka up for Player of the Season plus Young Player of the Season, whilst Gabriel Martinelli is also nominated in the latter category.
Mikel Arteta meanwhile is up for Manager of the Season after leading the Gunners towards their first top-two finish since 2015-16 season, although their title ambitions ultimately fell in recent weeks.
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland meanwhile has two nominations – Player of the Season plus Young Player of the Season, with his teammate – Kevin De Bruyne also up for the former category and manager – Pep Guardiola is in contention for Manager of the Season.
Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Kieran Trippier round out the Player of the Season nominations.
Arsenal Dominate Young Player Category
Arsenal have picked up three nominations in the Young Player of the Season category, with Gabriel Martinelli leading their three nominations after scoring 15 goals and providing five assists in 36 appearances.
Odegaard meanwhile has been involved in 22 goals for Arsenal, in which he scored 15 goals and created seven assists in 35 appearances.
Saka meanwhile has played more minutes than any other Arsenal attacker this season at just 21 years-old, in which he made 36 appearances during which he achieved double-digits in goals and assists after netting 13 goals and creating 11 assists.
Brighton and Newcastle have both picked up two nominations apiece in this category; with Argentina’s World Cup winner – Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo nominated for the Seagulls, whilst Sven Botman and Alexander Isak are in the running for Newcastle.
Man City’s Haaland rounds out the eight nominees in this category after becoming the record goalscorer in a single campaign with 36 goals and seven assists in 33 appearances.
Odegaard and Mac Allister meanwhile are only nominated by virtue of having been aged 23 when the season began on 5 August 2022.
Guardiola Leads Manager of the Season Nominations
Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola headlines the Manager of the Season shortlist, having guided his Cityzens to the top of the Premier League amidst a fierce title fight against Arsenal, and are now just one victory away from a fifth league title under the Spaniard’s reign.
Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta is also shortlisted after turning his team into serious title challengers this season, despite suffering a late-season implosion to concede control of the title race to Man City.
Eddie Howe’s exploits at Newcastle United this season has earned him a nomination, having led the Magpies towards potential Champions League qualification after finishing only 11th last season.
Roberto De Zerbi and Unai Emery have picked up nominations following impressive results at Brighton and Aston Villa respectively, with both clubs fighting for European qualification despite neither manager having been in charge at the start of this season.
Fulham’s Marco Silva rounds out the managerial shortlist after guiding the Cottagers towards a top-ten finish, in their first campaign back in the Premier League after an one-season absence and having played over a third of this season without top scorer – Aleksandr Mitrovic.
Shortlists for all three categories can be found in full below with the winners set to be announced on Saturday 27 May.
Player of the Season
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Kieran Trippier (Newcastle)
Young Player of the Season
Sven Botman (Newcastle)
Moises Caicedo (Brighton)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Alexander Isak (Newcastle)
Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton)
Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Manager of the Season
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton)
Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Eddie Howe (Newcastle United)
Marco Silva (Fulham)
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