UEFA’s shortlist for 2020/21 Men's Player of Year award revealed

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Europe’s football's governing body revealed the shortlist of the players on Thursday who will be voted on for UEFA Men's Player of Year for 2020/21.

UEFA said Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, Chelsea's Jorginho, or N'Golo Kante will be named the Player of the Year.

"The winner will be named – along with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year and UEFA Champions League positional award winners – during the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League draw ceremony in Istanbul on Thursday 26 August," it added.

Players in European competitions, irrespective of nationality, are judged in regard to performances for the entire season, domestically and internationally, – at either the club or national team level.

The remainder of the top 10 includes Lionel Messi from Barcelona, now at PSG & Argentina; Robert Lewandowski for Bayern Munich and Poland; Gianluigi Donnarumma of AC Milan, now at Paris and Italy; Kylian Mbappe from PSG and France; Raheem Sterling of Manchester City and England; Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus and Portugal and Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Norway.