Kane beats Kante to PFA Fans' Player of the Season prize

Joe Wright

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Harry Kane has won the PFA Fans' Premier League Player of the Season prize ahead of Chelsea duo N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard.

'Kane like Ronaldo and Rashford is Gazza-esque'

The Tottenham striker, who won the Golden Boot after scoring 29 goals in the top flight, finished top of the public poll with 16,378 votes.

Kante, who won the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the Football Writers' Association prize for 2017, finished second on 13,515 votes.

Hazard came third on 8,412 votes, ahead of Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez (6,727), Spurs midfielder Dele Alli (3,507) and Everton striker Romelu Lukaku (955).

The top six were chosen by a panel comprising past Premier League stars Paul Merson and Peter Beagrie, as well as Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials, and Football Supporters' Federation chairman Malcolm Clarke.

More than 49,000 votes were then cast in a public ballot to decide the winner.

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Joe is a Senior Editor at Sporting News. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has reported live on some of the biggest games in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup final at the end of a month in Russia.