PFA reveals Men’s Player of the Year 2021 awards nominations

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  • Post published:June 2, 2021

The PFA Player of the Year 2021 awards nominations are out now and the winners will be announced on Sunday, 6 June.

Harry Kane, Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Bruno Fernandes are all up for the top men’s prize.

The announcement also included nominations for the women’s prize, as well as the best young players and team of the season for both men and women.

Four of the six nominated top men’s players ply their trade at Premier League champions Manchester City, with Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden also on the shortlist. The latter has also been nominated for the Young Player of the Year award, alongside five other England players – testimony to the quality of tyros breaking through at top clubs.

Men’s Player of the Year nominees

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)

Men’s Young Player of the Year nominees

Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Declan Rice (West Ham United)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)
Mason Mount (Chelsea)

Women’s Player of the Year nominees

Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea)
Chloe Kelly (Manchester City)
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
Fran Kirby (Chelsea)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Sam Mewis (Manchester City)

Women’s Young Player of the Year nominees

Ebony Salmon (Bristol City)
Ella Toone (Manchester United)
Ellie Roebuck (Manchester City)
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
Lauren James (Manchester United)
Niamh Charles (Chelsea)

EFL Team of the Year

The men’s EFL Team of the Year selections will be announced earlier, on Thursday, 3 June at the following times:

League Two (12pm)
League One (2:30pm)
Championship (5pm)

Premier League and WSL Team of the Year

The men and women’s respective top-flight Teams of the Year will also be announced earlier, on Friday, 4 June at the following times:

WSL Team of the Year (12pm)
Premier League PFA Team of the Year (5pm)