Mo Salah hugs Alessia Russo as Premier League stars and sporting royalty pack red carpet for PFA Awards

MO SALAH and Alessia Russo shared a hug on the red carpet at the PFA Awards.

The Liverpool star was crowned PFA Men's Player of the Year.

He was one of six players nominated for the award, along with Bruno Fernandes, Alexander Isak, Cole Palmer, Declan Rice and Alexis Mac Allister.

Salah looked stylish on the red carpet in a dark suit and he stopped for an embrace with Arsenal and England Women's star Russo, who was named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year.

Russo stunned in a low-cut, ankle-length green dress and had posed for photos before bumping into Salah.

The striker was crowned European champion at club and international level this year, and proved a popular figure on the red carpet.

She was joined on a star-studded carpet by the best players the Premier League and WSL has to offer.

Five other players were nominated for the Women's PFA Player of the Year - Mariona Caldentey, Erin Cuthbert, Mary Fowler, Yui Hasegawa and Phallon Tullis-Joyce.

Rice posed on the red carpet alongside Arsenal team-mates William Saliba and Gabriel.

Another England star, Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers, was in attendance to pick up his PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Former England manager Gareth Southgate was also in attendance, as was award-winning coach Emma Hayes.

There was also some non-football sporting royalty with Jessica Ennis-Hill hitting the red carpet.