Kevin De Bruyne Named PFA Player Of The Year

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Kevin De Bruyne Named PFA Player Of The Year

Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has won the Professional Footballers’ Association men’s Players’ Player of the Year award.

De Bruyne, 29, praised City manager Pep Guardiola for helping him earn the honour, saying “he just lets me be me”.

Beth England, 26, won the women’s award having helped Chelsea do the Women’s Super League and League Cup double.

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, 21, won the men’s Young Player of the Year award.

Jordan Henderson was among five Liverpool players to be named in the Premier League team of the season.

And Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford won a PFA merit award for his work combating child food poverty.

De Bruyne beat last year’s winner Virgil van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mane, Henderson and City team-mate Raheem Sterling to the award voted for by his fellow players.