Arsenal star surprisingly not named on six-man shortlist for PFA Players' Player of the Year award as three Man City stars are nominated

The shortlist for the 2024 PFA Players' Player of the Year award has been released and there was one surprising omission. Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard, Chelsea playmaker Cole Palmer, Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins and three Man City stars - in Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and Rodri - are all up for the award. Rice came second in the vote for the FWA Footballer of the Year award, selected by journalists, after playing in all 38 of Arsenal's Premier League matches last season. ⬇️ #PFAawards pic.twitter.com/0JxsHcm15t — Professional Footballers' Association August 13, 2024 Manchester City stars Erling Haaland and Phil Foden have both been nominated for the 2024 PFA Players' Player of the Year award Martin Odegaard is on the shortlist but Arsenal team-mate Declan Rice is not Arsenal finished second in the Premier League last season - two points behind Man City Foden won the FWA award and is understood to be a frontrunner for the PFA prize. Haaland pictured at last year's PFA awards where he was named as the Player of the Year Lauren James won the Women's Young Player of the Year prize last year, while Arsenal's Bukayo Saka received the men's equivalent Three Man City players have also been nominated for the Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year award.