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Kevin De Bruyne Named PFA Player Of The Year As The Team Is Also Announced

Kevin De Bruyne Named PFA Player Of The Year As The Team Is Also Announced
Paul Moore
By Paul Moore
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Manchester City attacker Kevin De Bruyne has been named as the Professional Footballers’ Association’s player of the year.

The Belgium playmaker’s award breaks a two-year run of Liverpool winners, with Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah having claimed the prize over the previous two seasons.

Despite the fact that City trailed the Reds by an eventual 18 points in the 2019/20 Premier League season, De Bruyne had an exceptional campaign after registering 13 goals and a record-equalling 20 assists.

The Belgian was voted the campaign’s top performer by his peers and edged out last years winner Van Dijk and his Liverpool team-mates Sadio Mane, Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold to win the award.

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Alexander-Arnold did scoop the men’s young player of the year award though, pipping Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood, Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount, and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka to the award.

As for the team of the year, Burnley 'keeper Nick Pope got the nod while it's a defence of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Leicester City's Caglar Soyuncu, and Andy Robertson.

The three in midfield are David Silva, Jordan Henderson, and Kevin De Bruyne, while up top it's Jamie Vardy, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Sadio Mane.

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Beth England scooped the women’s player of the year award, having helped Chelsea complete the Women’s Super League and League Cup double, while Manchester City’s Lauren Hemp collected the women’s young player prize.

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