PFA Young Player of the Year: Did Dele Alli really deserve the award?

3) Harry Kane

With all due respect to the names already mentioned, the next three have been on an entirely different level and all could have been in contention for the main award. You could not dispute if any of the top three in this article won the Young Player of the Year award.

Kane has been terrific this season. Despite missing for portions of the season, Kane has scored 20 goals in 25 games at an impressive 0.83 goals per game. He currently stands in second place in the goalscoring charts and these goals have been a big reason why Tottenham are flourishing in second place in the table.

However, what harms his bid for the PFA Players’ Player award was that when he was injured, Tottenham actually embarked on a very good run of form. They did not struggle for goals when he was missing, with Dele Alli and Heung-min Son in particular stepping up in his absence.

It also does not help that many would perhaps perceive Kane to be ‘too old’ for the award. Although he is only 23, he has been an established Premier League striker for three years and having also been nominated for the main award, many would have probably voted for someone else in the category.

Nevertheless, Kane has been in exemplary form once again this season, but his performances have not merited him winning this particular accolade for the second time.