Express Sport revealed earlier this week that Van Dijk is poised to pip Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling to the accolade on Sunday night.
And Salah has jumped the gun ahead of the official announcement, taking to Twitter to congratulate his Liverpool co-star.
“Congrats big man. Well deserved! PFA player of the year,” wrote Salah, followed by a flexing arm emoji and with a picture of himself with Van Dijk attached.
Salah won the PFA Player of the Year award himself in 2018 having enjoyed a staggering debut season under Jurgen Klopp on Anfield.
Many Liverpool fans believe a win for Virgil van Dijk this time around would be just-deserved given the Dutchman’s form over the course of the 2018/19 campaign.
Van Dijk has been an ever present in Liverpool’s 36 Premier League fixtures as they have gone toe-to-toe with City for the title.
The 27-year-old has also helped guide Klopp’s men to the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they will face Barcelona.
Van Dijk’s performances at the heart of Liverpool’s backline have seen him hailed as one of the best defenders on the planet.
The former Southampton star will be desperate to prove that reputation is justified when he faces Lionel Messi and co. twice in the next couple of weeks.
Liverpool travel to Catalonia on Wednesday night to face Barcelona at the Nou Camp in the first leg of their last-four tie.
The sides will meet again the following Tuesday, when Ernesto Valverde takes his squad to Anfield for the second leg.
Ajax or Tottenham will lie in wait in the final of the Champions League, scheduled to take place at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano ground on June 1.
Sterling and Manchester City had looked set to reach the Champions League semi-finals alongside fellow Premier League title-chasers Liverpool.
However, they were dumped out of the competition in the last eight by Mauricio Pochettino’s Son Heung-min-inspired Tottenham.
City and Spurs played out a thrilling 4-4 aggregate draw over two legs, with Sterling on target twice at the Etihad.
Tottenham progressed on away goals having been given a reprieve when a late Sterling strike was ruled out for offside.