Chelsea have reacted to the omission of their playmaker,
Eden Hazard, from this year’s PFA Team of the Year.
The PFA Team of the Year was released on Thursday morning
and Hazard was omitted in the side which is dominated by Liverpool and
Manchester City players.
Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba was the only
non-Liverpool or Manchester City player to make the PFA Team of the Year.
Others includes; Virgil van Dijk, Raheem Sterling, Sergio
Aguero, Sadio Mane, Bernardo Silva, Fernandiho, Alexander Arnold, Van Dijk,
Laporte, Robertson and Ederson.
Reacting, Chelsea, in a statement through their official
website on Thursday afternoon, said: “Eden Hazard did make the six-man
shortlist for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award which was announced at
the weekend, yet he has not been named in the PFA Premier League Team of Year
for 2018/19 which was unveiled this morning.
“Our no.10 is enjoying an outstanding season full of
eye-catching moments and his non-selection is being widely described as a
surprise omission. Certainly, his headline statistics from the current season
cannot have counted against him when the votes were cast.
“Hazard is enjoying his best Premier League campaign to date
when it comes to goals and assists combined, and indeed he tops the table for
that total across all the players at all 20 clubs.
“One more goal in the remaining three matches and he will
have surpassed his 16 scored in the league in 2016/17. His 13 assists are
already two greater than his best previous Premier League tally, which came in
his first season here in 2012/13.”
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