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Chelsea's Kante named Football Writers' Player of the Year

He beat off competition from team-mate Eden Hazard and Tottenham’s Dele Alli.

CHELSEA MIDFIELDER N’GOLO Kante has been named the 2017 Football Writers’ Player of the Year, completing an individual double after also winning the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award.

The 26-year-old beat team-mate Eden Hazard and Tottenham’s Dele Alli to the award.

“It is a fantastic honour to win this award,” he said.

“With so many great players in this Chelsea squad and in the Premier League, for the Football Writers’ Association to name me their Footballer of the Year is a very proud moment in my career.”

Kante is set to win his second consecutive Premier League title this season, having helped Leicester City become champions prior to his Stamford Bridge move.

The France international was also named PFA Players’ Player of the Year for his performances this season.

The FWA revealed Kante and runner-up Hazard had combined for over 65 per cent of the total votes cast in his latest triumph.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy won last season’s award – which is voted for by football journalists across England – while Hazard triumphed in 2015.

Kante is only the fourth Chelsea player, after Gianfranco Zola, Frank Lampard and Hazard, to be voted FWA Footballer of the Year.

He will be presented with the award at a gala dinner on 18 May.

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