PFA announces nominees for Players' Player of the Year award

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PFA announces nominees for Players' Player of the Year award
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The Professional Footballers' Association has revealed the nominees for the Players' Player of the Year award for the current season. A total of six players are nominated, including Arsenal's David Raya, Declan Rice, and Gabriel. Manchester City's Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland, along with Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes, complete the list. The award is determined by votes from professional players at all levels of English football, with the winner set to be announced in August.

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  • Nominees include Arsenal trio and Manchester City duo.
  • David Raya, Declan Rice, Gabriel represent Arsenal.
  • Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland nominated from Manchester City.
  • Bruno Fernandes is the sixth nominee.
  • Winner to be announced in August.
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The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has announced its candidates for its end-of-season awards. The PFA is the body to which all professional footballers in England belong, with the players voting for the award winners. The organisation confirmed the six nominees for men’s player of the season on Friday morning, with Arsenal players making up half the list. Goalkeeper David Raya — who won the golden glove award with 19 clean sheets — centre-back Gabriel and midfielder Declan Rice have

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The nominees for this season's PFA Players' Player of the Year award have been revealed.Six names are on this season's list with Arsenal trio David Raya, Declan Rice and Gabriel leading the way.Manche...

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Declan Rice, Gabriel, David Raya, Bruno Fernandes, Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki are nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association men's player of the year award.

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