Players from Liverpool and Manchester City have been announced as the six
nominees for the English Premier League’s Players Football Association
(PFA) player of the year award for the 2019/20 season.
The 6-man shortlist, which was
released on Friday, had four representatives from Liverpool and two from
Manchester City.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil
van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Henderson were join on the shortlist by Kevin De
Bruyne and Raheem Sterling.
Both van Dijk and
Alexander-Arnold played in all 38 league games in defence wherein the latter
contributed 13 assists in the course of the season. Henderson was a leader in
midfield while Mane scored 22 goals in all competitions.
“The Liverpool quartet have been rewarded for
the roles they played in the club’s first title success in 30 years, finishing
18 points clear of second-placed City,” the PFA said.
For Man City, De Bruyne’s
stunning individual display saw him equal the EPL assists record previously set
by Thierry Henry, while Sterling also scored 35 goals for club and country.
The winners will be announced on
Tuesday.
See full list below:
Men’s player of the year
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
- Kevin de Bruyne – Manchester City
- Jordan Henderson – Liverpool
- Sadio Mane- Liverpool
- Raheem Sterling – Manchester City
- Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
Men’s young player
- Tammy Abraham – Chelsea
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
- Marcus Rashford – Manchester United
- Mason Greenwood – Manchester United
- Mason Mount – Chelsea
- Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
Women’s player of the year
- Beth England – Chelsea
- Sophie Ingle – Chelsea
- Kim Little – Arsenal
- Vivianne Miedema – Arsenal
- Guro Reiten – Chelsea
- Ji So-yun – Chelsea
Women’s young player
- Erin Cuthbert – Chelsea
- Lauren Hemp – Manchester City
- Lauren James – Manchester United
- Chloe Kelly – Manchester City formerly Everton
- Ellie Roebuck – Manchester City
- Georgia Stanway – Manchester City
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