Kevin de Bruyne wins PFA Player of the Year award

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Simar Singh Wadhwa
Certified Football Tactical Analyst from Barcelona Universitas. I am incredibly passionate about football with an uninhibited love for the game. As an analyst, I am intrigued...
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Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has won the Professional Footballers’ Association men’s Players’ Player of the Year award for the second consecutive season.

City team-mate Phil Foden won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

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“You want to win all the trophies as a team and this is probably the most important one as an individual,” said De Bruyne.

“To be voted by your competitors, by players who you compete with every game – to choose you, that says a lot.

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“When you have these things, you can show your kids and say: ‘Look, this is what daddy did when he was younger.'”

The Belgium international scored six Premier League goals and registered 12 assists in 2,001 minutes of top-flight football.

He played a key role in City’s double success before fracturing his nose and left eye socket during the Champions League final defeat by Chelsea on 29 May.

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He has since had minor surgery on his facial injury and will join the Belgium Euro 2020 squad on Monday.

 

 

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