By Chris Wright
It’s that time of year again, with the PFA pumping out their shortlists for the 2014 ‘Player Of The Year’ and ‘Young Player Of The Year’ awards.
The six contenders for the big award are as follows…
Diego Costa
Philippe Coutinho
David De Gea
Eden Hazard
Harry Kane
Alexis Sanchez
While the six contenders for the l’il award be these fine ruddy-faced young fellows…
Philippe Coutinho
David De Gea
Eden Hazard
Harry Kane
Thibaut Courtois
Raheem Sterling
A lot of overlap going on there. It’s either a sign that the young players in the Premier League are very good, or that there really aren’t that many good players in the Premier League at the moment.
We’ll let you be the judge on that particular score.
As for Pies’ predictions: Hazard is more than likely a shoe-in for PFAPOTY (though we think De Gea is more deserving), while we’re inclined to presume Harry Kane is going to have his fairytale ¾-season rewarded with the PFAYPOTY trinket while it’s still fresh in the mind.
You say?