Kanté voted PFA player of the year

The Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kanté has been elected the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year for the 2016-17. The Frenchman gets on course to win a 2nd succeeding Premier League title after additionally belonging to the Leicester side which got the chances last season.

He saw off competitors from his Chelsea team-mate Eden Hazard– who won the honor in 2015– plus Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Everton demonstrator Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Manchester United and Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez.

Kanté was presented with the honor at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday night. The Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli won the young player reward for the 2nd successive season, Manchester City’s Lucy Bronze won the ladies’s player of the year honor for the second time having additionally won it in 2014, as well as Birmingham’s Jess Carter topped the ballot in the women’s young player classification.

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