Malik Tillman is the Young Player of the Year as voted by Scotland’s footballers.
The Bayern Munich starlet is currently back in Germany recovering from a sore leg picked up trying to injure Greg Taylor during his side’s defeat from Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final.
Admittedly it hasn’t been a vintage year for young talent in the Scottish game but Liel Abada and Matt O’Riley have both made positive contributions to a successful team and showed up in the Champions League.
Tillman has started 22 SPFL matches and came on as a substitute six times. He was posted missing in three SPFL matches against the Champions with similar performances at Hampden as his side lost twice to the hoops.
In Europe Tillman did help Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side into the group stage of the Champions League where they went straight into the history books as the worst team ever.
Tillman played in five of those six matches, sitting out the 7-1 defeat from Liverpool on the substitute bench.
In 2019 Ryan Kent picked up the Young Player of the Year award, beating off Lewis Ferguson, David Turnbull and Jake Hastie.
Your @firstpointusa Men’s Young Player of the Year – as voted for by the players – is Malik Tillman ?? pic.twitter.com/OK2WUKoGMG
— PFA Scotland (@PFAScotland) May 14, 2023
What a joke ???
— SouthManchesterCelts (@didsburyceltic) May 15, 2023
Completely anonymous in any of the big games but aye young player of the year ??
— Hun-Occhio (@Hun_Occhio) May 14, 2023
Now that’s a sympathy vote ????
— kingofkings3711 (@RyanMac3711) May 14, 2023
— CheekyCakes ????? (@NickyNackyNoooo) May 14, 2023
charlie reilly robbed
— che (@chesmaguire) May 14, 2023
This can’t be the same Malik Tillman they all wanted dropped and definitely didn’t want to sign as he was mostly rubbish and not worth the 5 million to buy. Hopefully they buy him.
— Marco Tardelli (@didyeayemate) May 14, 2023
April fools was last month guys.
— Alan ? (@bhoy_al) May 15, 2023
Has to be a wind up ???
— Shaysda (@shaysda) May 14, 2023
The guy they don’t think is worth the money and sent him back
— fuzzy ? smell the glove (@fuzzywuzzy39) May 14, 2023
Charlie Reilly deserved it more, Tillmams done nothing ?
— Andy ??????? (@WildRover1882) May 14, 2023
He does bear a passing resemblance to The Weeknd, so voters must have been blinded by the lights….
…..I’ll get me coat.
A fortnight ago the orcs were saying don’t bother buying him
Every pundit I heard was saying the same thing
Now that he’s young player of the year then £5m is a snip , a no brainer . Right ?