Kevin De Bruyne named Premier League Player of the Season after stellar Manchester City campaign

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been named the 2019-20 Premier League player of the season.

The 29-year-old set up 20 goals in the 2019-20 campaign, equalling the record for most assists in a Premier League season set by Arsenal legend Thierry Henry in 2002-03.

De Bruyne scored a personal best 13 goals but was unable to help City defend their top-flight crown, with Pep Guardiola’s side finishing 18 points behind champions Liverpool.

The playmaker beat Liverpool trio Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Southampton striker Danny Ings, Leicester City’s Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy and Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope to the award.

In winning the award, De Bruyne becomes the third Belgian to do so following in the footsteps of his former City team-mate Vincent Kompany and ex-Chelsea star Eden Hazard.

The announcement follows Saturday’s news when Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was named Premier League Manager of the Season.

That was the latest prize awarded to the newly-crowned champions after defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, 21, won the Premier League’s Young Player award on Friday.

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min won Premier League Goal of the Season for his strike at home to Burnley in December where he ran the length of the pitch to score.