article_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard is the hot favourite but whoever wins will have plenty of tactical voting to thank.
article_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard and the other leading contenders — in my mind
article_snippet.sent: David de Gea and Harry Kane — will benefit from David de Gea and Harry Kane — team-mates being careful with who David de Gea and Harry Kane — vote for.
article_snippet.sent: should they vote for David de Gea and Harry Kane —, who are Hazard’s biggest challengers.
article_snippet.sent: Hazard will have to beat off competition from De Gea .
article_snippet.sent: Harry Kane is another of the favourites to pick up the individual gong after Harry Kane heroics for Tottenham .
article_snippet.sent: The voting is, of course, already done but Hazard and De Gea come up against each other on Saturday and will both be eager to show that both should be regarded as the season’s standout performer.
article_snippet.sent: De Gea will probably be the club
article_snippet.sent: Barring an unforeseen blip, Eden Hazard - Chelsea will win the title and that is why, if I was still playing, my vote would have gone to Hazard.
article_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard - Chelsea, simply, has been the best player in the best team.
article_snippet.sent: Hazard's Eden Hazard - Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa has also been nominated for Hazard's Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa after netting 19 league goals .
article_snippet.sent: I would go as far to say that if Eden Hazard - Chelsea should have two contenders, it should be Hazard and two contenders captain, both of whom have started all 31 league matches — not Diego Costa.
article_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard - Chelsea couldn’t contain Paris Saint-Germain over two matches, conceding at both the Parc des Princes and Stamford Bridge, while Manchester City were easily breached twice by Barcelona when tumbling out.
article_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard - Chelsea failed to stop PSG scoring in either leg of their the Premier League last-16 tie last month .
highlights_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard, David de Gea and Harry Kane are among leading contenders .
  