After
winning a second Premier League title in a row, N’Golo Kante has added to his
awards by being named the EA SPORTS Player of the Season for 2016/17. Twelve
months on from helping to steer Leicester City to a shock title, the
26-year-old Chelsea midfielder played a key role in the Blues becoming
champions for the second time in three seasons.
Kante won
the award by receiving the most combined votes from a panel of experts, Premier
League captains and fans via a public vote.
"It’s a
huge honour to be named player of the year by such big names in football and I
want to thank everyone who voted for me," Kante said.
"I work
hard in training, I try to give my best and I work with so many very good
players; that’s why we won the league two times."
Kante became
only the ninth player to win the Premier League with two different clubs, and
the second to do so in consecutive seasons, after Mark Schwarzer, with Chelsea
in 2014/15 and Leicester in 2015/16.
“We played
many good games but we won 5-0 against Everton, which was a very beautiful
game, and also my goal against Manchester United [in a 4-0 win]; it is always
good to score and I am happy for these two games.”
Kante won
the award from an eight-man shortlist of himself and Eden Hazard, Cesar
Azpilicueta, Harry Kane, Dele Alli,Jan Vertonghen, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis
Sanchez.
His EA
SPORTS award joins the individual ones Kante won from the PFA and the Football
Writers Association this season.
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