The Premier League shocked Mohamed Salah after announcing the identity of the winner of the Player of the Month award for December 2024.
Salah had one of the best months in his career with Liverpool, where he played 6 matches, during which he scored 7 goals and made 7 others, and led the Reds to the top of the Premier League with 6 wins and a single draw.
However, the Premier League’s choice focused on Newcastle star Alexander Isak, to win the best in the last months of 2024.
Isak played 6 matches in December with Newcastle, during which he scored 8 goals and made 2 goals, and contributed to his team achieving 4 wins and a single draw, while the Magpies suffered one defeat.
Isak became the fourth Swedish player to win the Player of the Month award in the history of the Premier League after Freddie Ljungberg, Joham Elmander and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the first in 9 years.
Salah had won the Player of the Month award in November 2024, and after Isak announced that he was the best in December, criticism of the Premier League did not stop for this strange decision.
In the same context, Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Santo won the Manager of the Month award, beating Arne Slot and Eddie Howe.
Nottingham played 6 matches in December, winning 5 and losing only one to defending champions Manchester City, and Santo led the venerable team to occupy third place in the Premier League.
