Kevin De Bruyne deserves Player of the Year more than Mo Salah – Shay Given

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Former Manchester City ‘keeper Shay Given says that Kevin de Bruyne deserves to be awarded the Premier League Player of the Year ahead of Liverpool star man Mohamed Salah. 

De Bruyne leads the league in assists and has had a further hand in 22 goals for the Citizens. They come during a season in which his passing abilities have been compared with some of the best midfielders to have played in the Premier League.

Given, however, feels that De Bruyne has done enough to edge out the Egyptian. NaijaBet.com

“You cannot say enough what an amazing season De Bruyne has had,” Given told Sky’s Premier League Daily.

“He is an all-around team player. We talk about the individual brilliance of some players in the team but what he brings to the team with his assists is world class.

“Of course he brings goal as well but his vision, his weight of pass….. He just sees things that other players don’t see.

“For me he is the player of the season. Of course Liverpool fans will be at home saying Mohamed Salah has run him very, very close but I think De Bruyne is going to pick up the Premier League [title], if not this Saturday then in the coming weeks, and I feel he just edges him because of the team he is playing in.

“But any other season I think Mo Salah would be picking up that gong.”

Clash of the titans

The two players will face each other on Tuesday night when their clubs meet in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League at Anfield. NaijaBet.com

City and Liverpool have played each other 207 times since their first game in 1893 when the Citizens were called Ardwick – however, Tuesday’s clash marks the first time the clubs meet in Europe.

Even though the blue Mancunians are running away with the Premier League, this will likely be a heavily contested tie, as Jurgen Klopp is Pep Guardiola’s toughest opponent. NaijaBet.com

The Liverpool boss has won six times against the Catalan, which is more than any other coach.