Liverpool Egyptian star Mohamed Salah has been crowned the PFA Player of the Year after an explosive first season at Liverpool with his incredible 41-goal beating out strong competition from Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne.
"It's a big honour. I've worked hard and I'm very happy to win it," Salah said at the ceremony on Sunday evening.
Salah matched a Premier League record tally for a single season by scoring his 31st league goal of the campaign in a 2-2 draw at West Brom on Saturday.
"You're comparing your name with some great names," he said, on the prospect of breaking the record. "To break the Premier League record is something huge in England and all over in the world.
"There are still three games to go. I want to break this record."
Few could have foreseen the Egyptian magician's impact after he swapped Roma for Anfield last summer in a £34.3 million deal.
It has certainly proven money well spent and Salah's exceptional performances have brought recognition from his peers in his first season back in English football.
The 25-year-old was named Player of the Year at the 45th PFA Awards at Grosvenor House in central London on Sunday evening, having seen off tough competition from Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne.
The pair have been the standout players of a memorable campaign, with the Belgium international playing an integral role as Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling side won the Premier League in style.
Salah has also netted seven times in eight Champions League games, including in both legs of Liverpool's 5-1 quarter-final thrashing of City, to carry his side to a first semi-final for a decade.
Leroy Sane - crowned PFA Young Player of the Year on Sunday - and David Silva were the other City players on the six-man shortlist, with outstanding Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and free-scoring Tottenham striker Harry Kane completing the nominees.
But it is Salah that has come out on top after one of the greatest debut campaigns in Liverpool's history.
Luis Suarez was the last Reds player to win the award in 2014 and he too could do the double by winning the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award.
The voting for that accolade is still open and the victor is named on May 1 - the day before the second leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against Salah's former club Roma.