Moses, Iwobi Missing In PFA Team Of The Year Shortlist

The list however was dominated by Manchester City players following a dominant season for the Premier League champions.

Chelsea’s winger, Victor Moses, and other Nigerian players in the English Premier League were not listed in the PFA Team of Year for 2017-18.

Other Nigerian players missing on the shortlist are Wilfried Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi.

The list however was dominated by Manchester City players following a dominant season for the Premier League champions.

Kyle Walker and Nicolas Otamendi are included in defence, while Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva take two of the three central-midfield berths, alongside Tottenham Hotspur ace Christian Eriksen.

There is also a place up top for Sergio Aguero, who is named in the PFA Team of the Year for the first time in his illustrious Man City career.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, who has 30 league goals to his name and is favourite to be crowned Player of the Year, joins Aguero and Tottenham’s Harry Kane in the frontline.

Elsewhere, David de Gea is selected in goal after once again impressing in a mixed campaign for Manchester United, while Jan Vertonghen and Marcos Alonso – Chelsea’s only representative – make up the back four.

PFA Team of the Year for 2017-18: De Gea; Walker, Vertonghen, Otamendi, Alonso; David Silva, De Bruyne, Eriksen; Salah, Kane, Aguero.