Manchester Metropolis striker Erling Haaland has been named the Premier League Participant of the Month for August 2024, with Brighton & Hove Albion boss Fabian Hurzeler scooping the supervisor’s prize.
It was a sensational first month for Haaland, who scored no fewer than seven objectives in simply three video games, together with back-to-back hat-tricks towards Ipswich City and West Ham United, to take his tally to 97 objectives in simply 102 video games for the membership.
He tops a shortlist which included Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo, Aston Villa’s Amadou Onana, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Brighton’s Danny Welbeck and Arsenal duo David Raya and Bukayo Saka.
“I’m delighted to have gained this award so early within the season and want to thank everybody who voted for me,” Haaland mentioned. “I’m additionally very grateful to my teammates, the coaches and workers for serving to to make it occur.
“August was a superb month for the group, and I’m proud to have performed an vital half in that. To have scored seven objectives final month in three matches is nice, however I’ll proceed to work onerous and enhance my sport.
“We’ve given ourselves an important basis to construct on now going right into a busy interval with the Champions League and Carabao Cup beginning. I hope I can proceed to assist the group get the wins and maintain us pushing in all of the competitions.”
Choosing up his third @EASPORTSFC Participant of the Month award…
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As for the month-to-month supervisor prize, Hurzeler scoops the honour on the first time of asking after a blinding debut month.
An unbeaten begin for the Seagulls has featured victories over Everton and Manchester United, in addition to a hard-fought draw towards title hopefuls Arsenal.
“I believe it is all the time good to win a trophy and it confirms your work,” Hurzeler mentioned. “It is not solely my work although – it is the work from the entire membership, it is the work from my workers members, the work from my gamers.
“In the long run all who’re working within the membership and our togetherness that has gained this trophy. I am actually comfortable and now it is about profitable the subsequent trophy.”
Hurzeler beat Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola and Arne Slot to the award.
