Top 5 contenders for the PFA Young Player of the Year

#1 Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) - 20 years

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been a part of the Liverpool setup for the entirety of his footballing career, having joined The Reds youth academy in 2004 as a 6-year-old, progressing through the ranks until his first-team debut in 2016 aged 18.

He nevertheless found playing time hard to come by, owing to the presence of the vastly experienced Nathaniel Clyne.

An unfortunate injury to Clyne at the start of the 2017/2018 season, however, offered the youngster his spot in the limelight and he grabbed it with relish, performing so well that Clyne was unable to regain his starting spot upon his return from injury.

Arnold has grown from strength to strength and has established himself as an England international, while also being an ever-present in the course of Liverpool's charge for a first-ever EPL title.

So far this season, the 20-year-old has scored one goal and registered six assists from 19 Premier League matches and these figures would have been higher but for varying degrees of injuries suffered throughout the season.

In the 5-0 rout of Watford, he became the youngest player in Premier League history to register three assists in a single match, while his excellent deliveries and surging runs forward have made him an essential weapon in Klopp's attacking arsenal and sees him installed as the favorite to be crowned the PFA Young Player of the Year.