Foreign Football Liverpool-defender Virgil van Dijk yesterday by the spelersvakbond PFA Player of the Year award in England. The 27-year-old Dutchman got in a poll among his colleagues, among others, the preference on Eden Hazard (Chelsea). Sergio Agüero, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva (Mancheser City) and Sadio Mané (Liverpool) were the other nominees. Hazard was never among the favourites bargained for, inter alia, by the volatile performance of Chelsea.
Van Dijk, who in January 2018 for 75 million pounds (87 million euros) from Southampton to Liverpool moved, is only the fourth defender in the history, and the first since 2004 that the trophy gets. On the hall of fame, he follows his Egyptian team mate Mo Salah. Hazard went into 2015 with the prestigious award to get.
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Raheem Sterling was the best young rider is elected. The 24-year-old winger from Manchester City was his team mate Bernardo Silva, David Brooks (Bournemouth), Declan Rice (West Ham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
The Professional Footballers’ Association had reached on his PFA Awards in London, also prizes to the 22-year-old Dutch Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal), as Player of the Year and the 20-year-old Georgia Stenway (Manchester City) Young Player of the Year. The award of Merit went to the 31-year-old Steph Houghton, captain of Manchester City and a 104-fold English international.
