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Chelsea's Palmer, Toolbox's Saka lead men's PFA Youthful Player shortlist

.Aug 12, 2024, 04:01 AM ETCole Palmer enjoyed an exceptional launching time at Chelsea. Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesChelsea's Cole Palmer, Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and also Manchester United set Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho lead the elections for the males's 2023-24 PFA Young Player of the Year award.Brighton ahead Joao Pedro is actually additionally nominated, while Michael Olise, who left behind Crystal Palace to join Bayern Munich for u20a4 50 million this summertime, finishes the six-man shortlist.Editor's Picks2 RelatedPalmer, 22, is actually recommended after a very first season at Chelsea through which he scored 22 goals as well as had 11 assists. The past Manchester Metropolitan area onward possessed much more objective participations than some other player in the Premier League.Arsenal winger Saka, additionally 22, won the honor in 2013 as well as is in altercation to preserve it adhering to a project through which he scored 16 and helped nine as Collection finished runners-up in the Premier League.Meanwhile, Mainoo and Garnacho caught the eye as they helped United gain the FA Mug, defeating City in the last. Mainoo, 19, racked up in that game to cap a remarkable advancement season, while Garnacho, 20, tape-recorded double bodies for targets with all competitions.Joao Pedro racked up twenty objectives in each competitors throughout his very first period with Brighton Olise scored 10 objectives and also put together six in merely 19 appeals for Palace.The nominations for the Women's PFA Youthful Player of the Year feature Chelsea pair Lauren James as well as Aggie Beever-Jones, and Manchester United's Maya Le Tissier.Manchester United midfielder Grace Clinton (that spent final period on finance at Tottenham Hotspur) and also Manchester Area duo Khiara Keating and Jess Park finish the shortlist.The winners will certainly be actually shown at the PFA Awards on Aug. 20 at the Manchester Music Hall.