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Among the finalists, Manchester City and Liverpool dominate the player of the year trophy of the Association of professional footballers, with Raheem Sterling and Virgil van Dijk.
Sergio Aguero, Sadio Mane, Bernardo Silva and Eden Hazard join Sterling and Van Dijk on the list of six players. The winner last year, Mohamed Salah, failed to qualify. In addition, Kevin De Bruyne has no place, but he lost to Salah last term.
– Kuper: How Van Dijk became Liverpool's leader
Van Dijk, who signed a GBP 75 million contract in Southampton in January 2018, is the favorite to win the trophy after a good season in Liverpool, with the club fighting for the Premier League title and also for half-time. finals of the Champions League. Van Dijk and Liverpool have the best Premier League defensive record this season, with just 20 goals conceded in 34 games.
Mane, with 10 goals in his last 11 games in all competitions, joins his Liverpool teammate and, with 18 goals, is one behind Aguero in the scorers table.
Sterling scored 23 goals and provided 16 badists so far, while City sought to end their disappointment against the Champions League and to win the Premier League for the second consecutive season.
Chelsea's Hazard is the only player not to be Manchester City or Liverpool to quarrel and sources told ESPN that the Blues feared nothing could be done to prevent him from joining Real Madrid this summer.
Silva and Sterling are also on the list of young players of the year alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool, Marcus Rashford, Manchester United, Declan Rice, West Ham, and David Brooks, Bournemouth.
Fran Kirby of Chelsea is not a finalist in the women's award, but Steph Houghton, Nikita Parris and Keira Walsh of the Manchester City trio are among the nominees alongside Erin Cuthbert and Ji So-yun of Chelsea, and Vivianne Miedema, from Arsenal.
The winners, elected by the members of the PFA, will be announced at the annual awards ceremony on April 28th.
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