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Congratulations are in order for Adam Lallana who has been crowned as England Player of the Year for 2016.
The Liverpool man came out on top in the FA’s fan poll, taking 39% of the votes to clinch it over Jamie Vardy (12%) and Wayne Rooney (9%) in second and third place respectively.
Congratulations to Adam Lallana, your @VauxhallEngland Player of the Year for 2016!#threelions pic.twitter.com/Dyp72KXrWw
— England (@England) January 30, 2017
Lallana enjoyed something of a breakthrough year (well, half-year) at international level, scoring his first goal against Slovakia in September before going on to notch another two in friendlies against Spain and Scotland in November.
On the basis that that’s more than anybody else has done in an England shirt in 2016, we guess he deserves his accolade.
For the record, the Under-21 award went to Nathan Redmond…
The @VauxhallEngland Under-21 Player of the Year award goes to @NathanRedmond22!#younglions pic.twitter.com/6k3Imr3nPe
— England (@England) January 30, 2017
Well played, those chaps.