The PFA Young Player of the Year award is broken; it doesn't make sense. To be eligible, you must be aged 21 or under at the start of the season, which is why the heavily established names of Bukayo Saka, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer have walked away with it in recent years. Meanwhile, the Premier League's Young Player of the Season version is even more generous and allows anyone up to the age of 23 to be in contention, which saw a then-22-year-old Erling Haaland take it home in 2022-23.
Premier League Rookie of the Year: Ranking the best new U19 players
