Kevin De Bruyne was named the 2020 Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year and Bethany England from Chelsea received the women’s award.

The midfielder defeated Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dyck, Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold to win the Liverpool title to become the first Manchester City award winner.

Alexander-Arnold nevertheless won the PFA Young Player of the Year award, beating young England players Tammy Abraham, Mason Greenwood, Mason Mount, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka.

City fell behind the Reds with a total of 18 points in the 2019/20 Premier League season, but De Bruyne, who scored 13 goals and a record 20 assists, was voted the best player in the campaign by his peers and quickly thanked his manager for handing him the full creative license.

De Bruyne praised the contribution of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to his achievements.

“Most of the time, he allows me to be myself,” the 29-year-old said of Guardiola. “We often talk about the team, but in many ways he knows that when he gives orders about what the team should do, I will listen.

“But on the other hand, he gives me a lot of freedom; I don’t know why, it just happens between us.

“He knows that in one sense I will always put the team first, and then, obviously, if I can help myself, I will.

“But he knows that I want the team to win, and if the team wins, I will benefit from it. So I think in that sense he feels good and trusts me completely. “

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford pushed the UK government to roll out its free school meals policy during isolation, ensuring that children in need are provided with meals throughout the summer.

Alexander-Arnold played 12 clean games in Liverpool’s triumph as well as 13 assists and four goals, continuing to develop his already lethal play on all courts.

The 21-year-old has warned Liverpool’s rivals that German boss Klopp’s squad is far from satisfied with their success.

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“This first taste of success and the opportunity to raise trophies will never stop, and the disappointments that come along the way also fuel this hunger,” said Alexander-Arnold.

“So it’s probably the perfect combination of wanting to be successful and not wanting to experience the frustrations we have experienced in the past.

“And I think both as a team and as an individual, the mentality is to keep going forward because we haven’t finished yet.”

Bethany England’s goals give Chelsea WSL title

Chelsea women’s team Bethany England defeated WSL top scorer Vivian Midem to win the women’s award ahead of team-mates Sophie Ingle, Guro Reiten and Ji So-Yoon.

Manchester City’s Lauren Hemp has won the Women’s Youth Trophy, beating her teammates Chloe Kelly, Georgia Stanway and Ellie Roebuck. Erin Cuthbert from Chelsea and Lauren James from Manchester United also made it to the final.

City re-signed on Tuesday with England defender Lucy Bronze of Lyon and Hemp believes City is the place to go.

Lauren Hemp of Manchester City named Young Women’s Player of the Year

She said, “At this point, I think it’s time to be in the City, and I think people from the outside are watching and saying, ‘Wow, they’re going to be doing well this season.”

Premier League Team of the Year: Nick Pope (Burnley), Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil Van Dijk (both Liverpool), Caglar Soyunku (Leicester), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), David Silva (Manchester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Kevin
De Bruyne (Manchester City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mane (Liverpool).

Women’s Super League Team of the Year: Ann-Catherine Berger, Maren Mjelde (both – Chelsea), Leah Williamson (Arsenal), Millie Bright, Magdalena Ericsson (both Chelsea), Caroline Weir (Manchester City), Kim Little (Arsenal), Gee So-Yun, Beth England ( both Chelsea), Vivian Midema (Arsenal), Chloe Kelly (Manchester City).

Championship Team of the Year: Bryce Samba (Nottingham Forest), Luke Eiling, Ben White, Liam Cooper (all Leeds), Joe Brian (Fulham), Eberechi Eze (QPR), Calvin Phillips (Leeds), Romain Sawyers (West Bromwich), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) , Ollie Watkins, Said Benrahma (both Brentford).

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League One Team of the Year: Marco Marosi, Fancati Dabo (both Coventries), Michael Ihikwe (Rotherham), Robert Dickey (Oxford), Joe Jacobsen (Wycombe), Cameron Brannagan (Oxford), Liam Walsh (Coventry), Matt Crookes (Rotherham), Armand Gnanduylet (Blackpool )), Ivan Toney (Peterborough), Matt Godden (Coventry).

Second League Team of the Year: Alex Palmer (Plymouth), Perry Ng (Crew), Ben Tozer (Cheltenham), Charlie Goode (Northampton), Randall Williams (Exeter), Anthony Sarchevich, Danny Mare (both Plymouth), Nicky Adams (Northampton), Charlie Kirk (Crewe ), Eoin Doyle, Jerry Yates (both Swindon).

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