The Venezuelan frontman joined the Magpies on loan from West Bromwich Albion at the start of the season, and has since found the net 11 times in 32 appearances.

In the Premier League alone, Rondón has been involved in 47 per cent of United’s goals, having contributed eight assists in addition to his ten top-flight strikes.

He takes over the gong from skipper Jamaal Lascelles, and becomes the first forward to win the award since Alan Shearer in the 2002/03 campaign.

We’ve added Rondón’s name to the list of previous winners, which we’ve published in full below.

1975/76 Alan Gowling1976/77 Micky Burns1977/78 Irving Nattrass1978/79 Peter Withe1979/80 Alan Shoulder1980/81 Kevin Carr1981/82 Mick Martin1982/83 Kevin Keegan1983/84 Kevin Keegan1984/85 Peter Beardsley1985/86 Peter Beardsley1986/87 Paul Goddard1987/88 Paul Gascoigne1988/89 John Hendrie1989/90 Mick Quinn1990/91 John Burridge1991/92 Gavin Peacock1992/93 Lee Clark1993/94 Andy Cole1994/95 Barry Venison1995/96 Darren Peacock1996/97 Steve Watson1997/98 David Batty1998/99 Alan Shearer1999/00 Alan Shearer2000/01 Shay Given2001/02 Nobby Solano2002/03 Alan Shearer2003/04 Olivier Bernard2004/05 Shay Given2005/06 Shay Given2006/07 Nicky Butt2007/08 Habib Beye2008/09 Sébastien Bassong2009/10 José Enrique2010/11 Fabricio Coloccini2011/12 Tim Krul2012/13 Davide Santon2013/14 Mike Williamson2014/15 Daryl Janmaat2015/16 Rob Elliot2016/17 Ciaran Clark2017/18 Jamaal Lascelles2018/19 Salomón Rondón