Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has won the Football Writers’ Association Men’s Footballer of the Year award.
The 30-year-old midfielder, who led Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years this season, received more than a quarter of the votes.
“As grateful as I am I don’t feel like I can accept this on my own,” he said.
“I owe a lot to so many people but none more so than my current team-mates, who have been incredible and deserve this every bit as much as I do.”
Congratulations, skipper 😍
— Liverpool FC (Premier League Champions 🏆) (@LFC) July 24, 2020
👏 @JHenderson 👏
Liverpool team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane, Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford also finished in the top five.
Henderson also lifted the Fifa Club World Cup trophy for the first time in December.
Off the pitch, Henderson has helped raise money for the NHS as part of the #PlayersTogether initiative.
Arsenal and Netherlands striker Vivianne Miedema was named the Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of Year earlier this month.
