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LONDON. — Liverpool trio Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge have received nominations for the Professional Footballers’ Association’s player of the year award.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, winger Eden Hazard of Chelsea and Southampton playmaker Adam Lallana complete the list.
Sturridge and Hazard have also been nominated for the young player award, along with Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling, Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey, Everton’s Ross Barkley and Southampton’s Luke Shaw.

Uruguay striker Suarez (27) heads the Premier League scoring charts, netting 29 league goals for top-of-the-table Liverpool.

His strike partner Sturridge (24) has scored 20 Premier League goals while captain Gerrard (33) has contributed 13 goals and 11 assists for the free-scoring Reds.

Ivorian Toure (30) is Manchester City’s top league scorer with 18 goals from 31 appearances, while Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho acclaimed Hazard (23) as “the best young player in the world” in February after the Blues’ 1-0 win over City at the Etihad.

Lallana (25) has been the stand-out player for Southampton this season and made his England debut against Chile last November. — BBC Sport.