UEFA Player of the Year Awards [Men]: Nominees and Prediction

The battle for the European glory this year begins today as the UCL group stage draw takes place tonight. Tonight at Geneva, Switzerland the clubs across Europe will get to know what the future holds for them.  But the UCL group stage draw alone won’t take the headlines tomorrow.

The UEFA will crown the Player of the year in both men and women category. Apart from it they’ll name the best coach and best players at each position tonight. Bayern Munich who lifted the trophy in August has the most nominations in men’s category.  In this article we will take a look at the nominees and predictions for the Men’s UEFA awards 2019/20

UEFA Award Winners 2018/19

Liverpool became the UCL Champions last year after defeating Spurs in the final. The following players were awarded with the UEFA awards last year.

• Player of the year          –  Virgil Van Dijk
• Goalkeeper of the year  –  Alisson Becker
• Defender of the year     –  Virgil Van Dijk
• Midfielder of the year –  Frenkie De Jong
• Forward of the Year      –  Lionel Messi

Nominees and prediction for Men’s UEFA Awards 2019/20

55 journalists who represent each of the UEFA’s member associations along with managers of clubs which were a part of the relevant group stages of UCL and UEL will cast their votes. However the managers cannot vote for the player who is a part of their club.

Player of the Year:

• Kevin De Bruyne [Manchester City]
• Robert Lewandowski [Bayern Munich]
• Manuel Neuer [Bayern  Munich]

Prediction – Robert Lewandowski

Coach of the Year:

• Hansi Flick [Bayern Munich]
• Jurgen Klopp [Liverpool]
• Julian Nagelsmann [RB Leipzig]

Prediction – Hansi Flick

Goalkeeper of the year:

• Keylor Navas [Paris-Saint Germain]
• Manuel Neuer [Bayern Munich]
• Jan Oblak [Atletico Madrid]

Prediction – Manuel Neur

Defender of the year:

• David Alaba [Bayern Munich]
• Alphonso Davies [Bayern Munich]
• Joshua Kimmich [Bayern Munich]

Prediction – Joshua Kimmich

Midfielder of the year: 

• Kevin De Bruyne [Manchester City]
• Thomas Muller [Bayern Munich]
• Thiago Alcantara [Bayern Munich, last season]

Prediction – Kevin De Bruyne

Forward of the year:

• Robert Lewandowski [Bayern Munich]
• Kylian Mbappe [Paris Saint-Germain]
• Neymar [Paris Saint-Germain]

Prediction – Robert Lewandowski

Apart from the award ceremony the much anticipated UCL group stage draw would also take place tonight. The complete details of the UCL draw is in the article below.

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