The winners of the awards of the PFA Players' player of the year and Young Player of the Year will be announced on April 24.
Leicester dominate shortlist PFA Player of the Year shortlist (Graham Chadwick)
Leicester City trio Jamie Vardy, N'Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez, Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane and West Ham United's Dimitri Payet are the nominees for the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Players' player of the year.
Leicester's N'Golo Kante(Reuters)
Leicester's
unexpected Premier League title charge this season has been led by
21-goal striker Vardy, while Mahrez has chipped in with 16 goals and 11
assists and Kante has gained plaudits for his defensive midfield role.
Despite
Arsenal looking unlikely to end their 12-year wait for the title, Ozil
has almost single-handedly kept alive their faint hopes by scoring six
goals and leading the assists chart with 18, two behind the all-time
Premier League record.
Mesut Ozil (Reuters)
Kane leads the race
for the golden boot with 22 goals and has inspired Spurs' surprising bid
for their first title since 1961, while Payet, with nine goals and nine
assists, has been pivotal to the Hammers' Champions League dreams.
Harry Kane (Reuters)
Kane is in contention to retain his Young Player of the Year award and he is joined by team mate Dele Alli, Everton duo Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley, Stoke City's Jack Butland and Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho.
Alli, 20, joined from second-tier side Milton Keynes Dons in
2015 and his eight goals and 12 assists have been instrumental to
Spurs' title hopes, while goalkeeper Butland made 102 saves, the second
most, before injury ruled him out of the season.
Dele Alli (PA)
Despite Everton's
lacklustre campaign, Lukaku is in contention for the golden boot, having
notched up 18 goals, and Barkley has shrugged off injury concerns to
put in dominating displays.
Romelu Lukaku (Omnisports)
Ross Barkley (AFP/Getty Images via Daily Mail)
Coutinho has shone
under manager Jurgen Klopp's stewardship, netting seven goals and
claiming six assists, while playing a key role in Liverpool's League Cup
run.
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The winners of the awards will be announced on April 24.
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