Manchester City and Liverpool dominate the shortlist for the Premier League’s Player of the Season award with Chelsea’s Eden Hazard the only man on the seven-strong list not to play for either of the title challengers.
City and Liverpool, who go into Sunday’s final round of fixtures separated by one point at the top, have three representatives each on the list.
The reigning champions and current leaders have Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling all nominated, with Liverpool’s Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah also in contention.
Salah, who won the award last year, did not make the six-strong shortlist of the PFA’s player of the season award last month.
But he faces stiff competition to retain his crown with Van Dijk having been named PFA player of the year and Sterling collecting the young players’ award having come close to challenging Van Dijk.
