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Chelsea's Palmer, Toolbox's Saka lead men's PFA Young Gamer shortlist

.Aug 12, 2024, 04:01 AM ETCole Palmer enjoyed an impressive debut period at Chelsea. Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC by means of Getty ImagesChelsea's Cole Palmer, Toolbox's Bukayo Saka and Manchester United pair Kobbie Mainoo and also Alejandro Garnacho lead the nominations for the men's 2023-24 PFA Young Player of the Year award.Brighton ahead Joao Pedro is also nominated, while Michael Olise, that left behind Crystal Royal residence to participate in Bayern Munich for u20a4 fifty thousand this summertime, accomplishes the six-man shortlist.Editor's Picks2 RelatedPalmer, 22, is actually nominated after an initial time at Chelsea through which he racked up 22 targets and also possessed 11 helps. The past Manchester Metropolitan area onward possessed even more target involvements than some other gamer in the Premier League.Arsenal winger Saka, likewise 22, succeeded the award in 2015 as well as is in combat to keep it following an initiative in which he scored 16 as well as supported 9 as Toolbox finished runners-up in the Premier League.Meanwhile, Mainoo and Garnacho stood out as they assisted United win the FA Cup, beating Area in the final. Mainoo, 19, scored in that activity to top a remarkable development season, while Garnacho, 20, videotaped dual figures for goals in every competitions.Joao Pedro scored twenty targets in each competitors during his 1st season along with Brighton Olise racked up 10 targets and set up 6 in only 19 appeals for Palace.The nominations for the Women's PFA Youthful Player of the Year feature Chelsea set Lauren James as well as Aggie Beever-Jones, as well as Manchester United's Maya Le Tissier.Manchester United midfielder Poise Clinton (that invested final season on financing at Tottenham Hotspur) and also Manchester City duo Khiara Keating and also Jess Park finish the shortlist.The victors will be exposed at the PFA Honors on Aug. twenty at the Manchester Music Hall.