Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has beaten a fellow team mate Eden Hazard, Tottenham’s Dele Alli and the rest contenders to emerge as Football Writers’ Association’s Player of the Year for 2017
The 26-year-old France international last month won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award.
Kante said: “It is a fantastic honour to win this award. With so many great players in this Chelsea squad and in the Premier League, for the Football Writers’ Association to name me their Footballer of the Year is a very proud moment in my career.”
Other players who also won an award includes
Sergio Aguero
Toby Alderweireld
Dele Alli
Cesar Azpilicueta
Diego Costa
Philip Coutinho
Jamain Defoe
Benfoster
Eden Hazard
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Anthony Knockaert
David Luiz
Romelo Lukaku
Alexis Sanchez
Gylffi Sigurdsson
