The nominees for the 2013-14 PFA Players' Player of the Year award have been announced with three Liverpool players named among the six contenders.
Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge are three of the players on the shortlist for the prestigious award, the winner of which will be announced at a ceremony in London on April 27.
The nominations also include Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard, Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure and Southampton's Adam Lallana.
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Player of the Year nominees
Steven Gerrard - Liverpool
Eden Hazard - Chelsea
Adam Lallana - Southampton
Daniel Sturridge - Liverpool
Luis Suarez - Liverpool
Yaya Toure - Manchester City
Suarez is the firm favourite to land the award after a stellar season in which he has already scored 29 league goals.
Hazard and Sturridge are also nominated for the young player of the year prize, along with Southampton left-back Luke Shaw, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, Everton midfielder Ross Barkley and Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling.
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Young Player of the Year nominees
Ross Barkley - Everton
Eden Hazard - Chelsea
Aaron Ramsey - Arsenal
Luke Shaw - Southampton
Raheem Sterling - Liverpool
Daniel Sturridge - Liverpool
PFA Chief
Executive Gordon Taylor, OBE, said: 'These awards celebrate outstanding
achievement in football and looking at this year's nominations it is
clear that this has been an incredibly competitive year.
'Each
of the six men nominated for the Players' Award could expect to be
recognised by their fellow professionals, as they have each had a superb
season individually and played significant roles in the success of
their clubs this year.
'The
quality of the Young Player nominations is a cause for real
celebration. There are some extremely talented players coming through at
the highest level of our domestic game and four of the six nominees
already play for England, with Aaron Ramsey a stalwart of the Welsh
national side.'
And the nominees are: Luis Suarez, (and below), Daniel Sturridge, Steven Gerrard, Eden Hazard, Yaya Toure and Adam Lallana
BT Sport has agreed a deal to take over as the main sponsor of the prestigious awards, which will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on April 27. The awards will be hosted by Jake Humphrey and a 30-minute highlights show aired on BT Sport the next day.
Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive of BT Group, said: 'We are delighted to extend our support for football by sponsoring the PFA Awards. This year's winners will be joining an extremely distinguished list of previous winners. We are really pleased to show our support for male and female professional players at every level.
'As broadcasters of the Barclays Premier League, FA Cup with Budweiser, FA Women's Super League and the Skrill Football Conference, BT Sport is a growing part of the national game and we aim to help develop the sport and support clubs and players.'
Rising talent: Barkley has been named among the nominees for the young player award
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