Didier Drogba, our talismanic Ivorian striker, has been nominated on a four-man shortlist for the 2009-10 PFA Player of the Year award.
Drogba has been in red-hot goalscoring form this term, hitting 32 goals in all competitions. He currently trails Wayne Rooney, also on the PFA shortlist, by a solitary goal in the running for this campaign's Golden Boot in the league.
Despite Manchester United's Rooney seemingly picking up all the plaudits this term, Drogba has actually played less games than the Englishman, and also has contributed more assists to his team mates.
Also in the running for the award are Manchester City's Carlos Tevez and Arsenal Cesc Fabregas. The latter is a particularly bemusing choice, seeing as the Spaniard has been injured for the majority of this campaign. In fact, how Fabregas gets the nod over our own Frank Lampard, who's notched over twenty goals this season yet again, we'll never know.
Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the PFA, spoke in glowing terms of our No.11,
'When you talk about the best players in the world, Didier Drogba is a name on many people's lips and with his strength, pace, ability and goalscoring skills, the Chelsea striker is different class. The more he has matured, the better he has got.'
For the Young Player of the Year award, Rooney and Fabregas were again nominated, alongside Aston Villa's James Milner and Manchester City's Joe Hart, on loan at Birmingham. The awards will take place sometime next month.
Drogba has been in red-hot goalscoring form this term, hitting 32 goals in all competitions. He currently trails Wayne Rooney, also on the PFA shortlist, by a solitary goal in the running for this campaign's Golden Boot in the league.
Despite Manchester United's Rooney seemingly picking up all the plaudits this term, Drogba has actually played less games than the Englishman, and also has contributed more assists to his team mates.
Also in the running for the award are Manchester City's Carlos Tevez and Arsenal Cesc Fabregas. The latter is a particularly bemusing choice, seeing as the Spaniard has been injured for the majority of this campaign. In fact, how Fabregas gets the nod over our own Frank Lampard, who's notched over twenty goals this season yet again, we'll never know.
Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the PFA, spoke in glowing terms of our No.11,
'When you talk about the best players in the world, Didier Drogba is a name on many people's lips and with his strength, pace, ability and goalscoring skills, the Chelsea striker is different class. The more he has matured, the better he has got.'
For the Young Player of the Year award, Rooney and Fabregas were again nominated, alongside Aston Villa's James Milner and Manchester City's Joe Hart, on loan at Birmingham. The awards will take place sometime next month.
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