PFA Player of the Year Awards: Full list of nominations and others

All you need to know about the showpiece event, taking place on Sunday April 26

 

PFA Player Award Nominees

Where and when?

Date: Sunday April 26

Location: Grosvenor House, London

Harry Kane's prolific form for Tottenham has seen him nominated for PFA Player of the Year

Eden Hazard (left) has propelled Chelsea to the top of the Premier League with his brilliant displays

Eden Hazard and Harry Kane appear set to contest the PFA Player of the Year award after the six-man shortlist was unveiled.

Hazard is hot favourite thanks to his consistently brilliant form for Chelsea, runaway leaders at the top of the Barclays Premier League, but Kane is the homespun hero after a fabulous breakthrough season at Tottenham.

The 21-year-old Spurs striker has 29 goals in all competitions to date and forced his way into Roy Hodgson’s squad, scoring within 79 seconds of his England debut against Lithuania last month.

Kane, the only English player up for the main award, has scored 19 in the Premier League, the same number as Diego Costa, who is also on the shortlist, along with Alexis Sanchez, Philippe Coutinho and David de Gea.

Alexis Sanchez has had no trouble adapting to the Premier League, scoring 20 times for Arsenal so far

 

Goalkeeper David de Gea (left) has been Manchester United's most impressive player of the season

 

Diego Costa has been prolific for Chelsea all season and tops the league leaders scoring charts this season

 

Philippe Coutinho (left) has enjoyed his best season yet for Liverpool and is also up for Player of the Year

 

 

Manchester City’s miserable demise is perhaps summed up by the fact none of their players made the cut, including Sergio Aguero who also has 19 Premier League goals and is locked together with Kane and Costa in the race for the Golden Boot.

Hazard, 24, is heavily odds-on with the bookmakers after leading Chelsea’s charge for a first title in five years and 17 goals in all competitions

Arsene Wenger plumped for Hazard when asked to name his winner, without voting for anyone from his Arsenal squad.

Sanchez made an explosive start to the campaign but his form has faded during the spring, when the votes are cast. 

The same could be said for Costa, who scored 13 of his 19 Chelsea goals before the turn of the year.

 De Gea’s early-season form was strong, too, keeping Manchester United in contention for the top four as Louis van Gaal struggled to find the right formula.

John Terry voted for Coutinho but the Brazilian is an outsider because Liverpool have been unable to match last season’s success.

Four of the six - all but Costa and Sanchez - are also on the shortlist for the Young Player of the Year with Thibaut Courtois and Raheem Sterling making up the numbers. Kane is the favourite to win the Young Player award.

 Men's PFA Players' Player of the Year nominees

Diego Costa, Chelsea
David de Gea, Manchester United
Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool
Eden Hazard, Chelsea
Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur
Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal
Holder: Luis Suarez 

Hazard (left) poses with former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez (right) after last year's award ceremony

Raheem Sterling has been a revelation at Anfield since his introduction to the premier league and has been good this season.

Men's PFA Young Player of the Year nominees

Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea
Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool
David de Gea, Manchester United
Eden Hazard, Chelsea
Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur
Raheem Sterling, Liverpool
Holder: Eden Hazard

Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year nominees

Eniola Aluko, Chelsea
Lucy Bronze, Manchester City
Jess Clarke, Notts County
Karen Carney, Birmingham City
Kelly Smith, Arsenal
Ji So-Yun, Chelsea
Holder: Lucy Bronze

PFA Women's Young Player of the Year nominees

Freda Ayisi, Birmingham City
Hannah Blundell, Chelsea
Aoife Mannion, Birmingham City
Nikita Parris, Manchester City
Leah Williamson, Arsenal
Holder: Martha Harris