De Bruyne Bidding to Win England’s Player Award for 3rd Time

28 May 2022, Belgium, Gent: Belgian footballer Kevin De Bruyne is during the "Kevin de Bruyne Cup" youth football tournament for U15 teams. (dpa)
28 May 2022, Belgium, Gent: Belgian footballer Kevin De Bruyne is during the "Kevin de Bruyne Cup" youth football tournament for U15 teams. (dpa)
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De Bruyne Bidding to Win England’s Player Award for 3rd Time

28 May 2022, Belgium, Gent: Belgian footballer Kevin De Bruyne is during the "Kevin de Bruyne Cup" youth football tournament for U15 teams. (dpa)
28 May 2022, Belgium, Gent: Belgian footballer Kevin De Bruyne is during the "Kevin de Bruyne Cup" youth football tournament for U15 teams. (dpa)

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is in contention to win English football's Player of the Year award for the third straight season.

De Bruyne was on a six-man shortlist for the award announced Wednesday, alongside Liverpool trio Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, Tottenham striker Harry Kane and Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

City was outnumbered by Liverpool on the shortlist despite beating its rival to the Premier League title to retain the trophy.

De Bruyne won the prestigious award, voted by the players, in 2020 and '21. Van Dijk and Salah won it the years before that.

The shortlist for the women’s Player of the Year award consisted of Chelsea duo Pernille Harder and Sam Kerr, Arsenal pair Vivianne Miedema and Kim Little and Manchester City's Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp.



Sancho Joins Chelsea on Loan from Manchester United

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Sancho Joins Chelsea on Loan from Manchester United

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Chelsea have signed English winger Jadon Sancho from Manchester United on a season-long loan deal, British media reported on Saturday.

Sancho joined Chelsea on the final day of the transfer window, with a deal sheet being submitted to the Premier League to sign him after the 11 p.m. deadline had passed.

The BBC reported Chelsea have an obligation to make the move permanent for a fee of 20 million-25 million pounds ($59.1 million).

According to Reuters, Sancho joined United in 2021 from Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract, but had a public falling-out with manager Erik ten Hag last year which led to him returning to Dortmund on loan in January this year until the end of the season.

The 24-year-old made a substitute appearance in United's penalty shootout defeat by Manchester City in the Community Shield earlier this month but was not included in Ten Hag's squad for their two opening league games.

Sancho made 83 appearances for United, scoring 12 goals and has played 23 times for England. He was one of the players who failed to convert a penalty in the Euro 2020 final shootout which England lost to Italy.

Chelsea host Crystal Palace in their next league game on Sunday.