Arsenal land 4 major end-of-season Premier League nominations

Arsenal have not had a winner of the award for 20 years. Patrick Vieira became the first Arsenal player to claim it in 2000/01, Freddie Ljungberg followed a year later and Thierry Henry won it twice, in 2003/04 and 2005/06.

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is the current holder and is nowhere near the list after a relatively poor final season at Anfield.

Supporters’ votes will be added to those of a panel of experts, with voting open until 12pm on Monday, May 18.

Arteta’s nomination comes after guiding Arsenal to 24 wins and seven draws from 36 league games and topping the table for the entire season, apart from one week.

The last Arsenal manager to win the prize was Arsene Wenger, who received it in 2004 after the Invincibles season.

Arteta is one of six managers nominated this year, alongside five-time winner Pep Guardiola, Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola, Brentford’s Keith Andrews and, bizarrely, United interim manager Michael Carrick