Soccer Monday – review and guide
By Zhao Siyuan (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-04-27 15:35The most prestigious Premier League awards
Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) awards were handed out on Sunday night, turning the star-studded ceremony into a meeting between outgoing legends and up and coming young guns.
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Chelsea's Eden Hazard, winner of PFA's Men's Player of the Year, poses for photos during the PFA Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, April 26, 2015. [Photo/IC] |
Chelsea's Eden Hazard beat a stellar list of contenders to be named PFA Player of The Year, becoming the second Belgian winner of the coveted award.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has openly praised his protégé with his latest quote being that it would take "£100 million" for "each leg" for the club to consider selling him in a rebuttal to speculation linking the winger with Spanish giant Real Madrid.
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Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane, winner of PFA's Young Player of the Year, poses for photos during the PFA Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, April 26, 2015. [Photo/IC] |
Lauded as the season's biggest discovery, Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane was voted PFA Young Player of The Year for his 30 goals for Spurs and one for England 79 seconds into his debut international appearance.
Veterans were not forgotten. Former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard shared the PFA Merit award as perfect closure to their near two-decade Premier League careers, decorated with trophies, breathtaking goal-scoring moments, intra-club rivalry and talismanic leadership.
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Steven Gerrard, left, and Frank Lampard, right, winner of PFA's Merit award, pose for photos during the PFA Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, April 26, 2015. [Photo/IC] |
Gerrard will leave Liverpool for Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the season, while Lampard will start his stint with New York City FC.
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Liverpool's Steven Gerrard and Chelea's Frank Lampard are seen during their Premier League match in his Feb 6, 2011 file photo. [Photo/IC] |
The midfield duo together formed the cornerstone of England's golden generation in the past decade but failed to deliver on the international stage, both retiring from England duty after a less than memorable 2014 Brazil World Cup campaign saw the Three Lions sent home after the group stage.
