Eden Hazard named PFA player

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has been named
the PFA Player of the Year.
Hazard, 24 and last season’s Young Player of the
Year, has scored 18 goals in 47 games for the
Blues this season.
Having impressed at the World Cup with Belgium,
Hazard started the season strongly. More recently
he has scored five goals in eight games, including
the winner in a thrilling 1-0 victory over
Manchester United on April 18.
Hazard was rewarded for his sterling
performances with the top individual award of the
night at the PFA’s awards ceremony at the
Grosvenor Hotel in London.
He finished ahead of Tottenham striker Harry
Kane – the Young Player of the Year – and
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea in the
vote by his fellow professionals.
Hazard said, “I’m very happy. One day I want to
be the best and what I did this season is play
very well, Chelsea played very well.
“I don’t know if I deserve to win but it is good for
me. It is good, it is better to be voted by the
players – they know everything about football.
This is good. I’m very happy.
“I started the season not to be the PFA Player of
the Year but it was in my head – I want to be the
best and I hope one day I can win a lot of
trophies.
“I hope I can win a lot of trophies again – the
most important is to win the league, without my
team-mates I would not be here.
“Jose (Mourinho) lets me play, we talk sometimes
together and when I’m on the pitch I know what I
have to do, this is most important.”