The centre-back becomes the second Liverpool player in as many years to take the award, beating out a host of Manchester City stars.
Virgil van Dijk has defeated Raheem Sterling to claim the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of the Year award.
Van Dijk beat out a host of Manchester City players aside from Sterling, including Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva, along with Reds team-mate Sadio Mane and Chelsea's Eden Hazard to the award, which is voted by the members of the PFA.
Meanwhile, Sterling did take some honours, as he was named the PFA Young Player of the year.
Culled from https://www.goal.com