LONDON: Tottenham’s newly-promoted England striker Harry Kane is among the six nominees for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award and the Young Player prize.

Kane, who has scored 19 goals in the league already this season, is joined on the shortlist by Manchester United’s David de Gea, Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez and Chelsea duo Diego Costa and Eden Hazard.

Like Kane fellow contenders Hazard, De Gea and Coutinho are also in line also for both top and young player prizes.

The list was voted for by players from 100 clubs from the Premier League, Football League and Women’s Super League.

In addition to the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year categories, the divisional Team of the Year are announced for all five divisions and we honour footballing achievement through the PFA’s Merit Award.

Previous winners of the prestigious PFA Players’ Player of the Year award have included Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs and Kim Little. The current holders are Luis Suarez and Lucy Bronze.

Voting Explained

  • Appointed PFA delegates deliver the ballot forms to the training ground of the 92 league clubs and 8 WSL clubs.
  • Members are not allowed to vote for a player that is at the same club as themselves.
  • The cut-off age for the PFA Young Player of the Year award is 23 years old or under as at the beginning of the season (1st July 2014).
  • The PFA use an independent company to count and verify the votes cast, and completed ballots are sent directly to Beever & Struthers Chartered Accountants.
  • The winners for each category will be announced at the PFA Awards on the 26th April 2015 in London.

PFA Members from 100 clubs (Premier League, Football League and WSL) have been voting and the shortlists for the nominees are as follows.

Men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year

Diego Costa, Chelsea FC

David de Gea, Manchester United FC

Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool FC

Eden Hazard, Chelsea FC

Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur FC

Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal FC

Men’s PFA Young Player of the Year

Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea FC

Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool FC

David de Gea, Manchester United FC

Eden Hazard, Chelsea FC

Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur FC

Raheem Sterling, Liverpool FC

Women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year

Eniola Aluko, Chelsea LFC

Lucy Bronze, Manchester City WFC

Jess Clarke, Notts County LFC

Karen Carney, Birmingham City LFC

Kelly Smith, Arsenal LFC

Ji So-Yun, Chelsea LFC

 PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year

Freda Ayisi, Birmingham City LFC

Hannah Blundell, Chelsea LFC

Aoife Mannion, Birmingham City LFC

Nikita Parris, Manchester City WFC

Leah Williamson, Arsenal LFC