>
By Emmanuel Adeleke
Manchester City midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne and Real Madrid duo, Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois, have been nominated for the men’s UEFA Player of the Year award.
Courtois and Benzema won the Champions League, with the latter named Champions League Player of the Season.
Courtois was Player of the Match in the Champions League final.
De Bruyne won the Premier League Player of the Season.
The top three nominees were chosen from an original list of 15 players which include Paris St-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe, Roma’s Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Fabinho.
UEFA also revealed the shortlist for the men’s Manager of the Year award. Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp are the three nominees.
The women’s Player of the Year and Manager of the Year nominees will be named at a later date.
The winners will be announced on August 25, at the Champions League group-stage draw ceremony in Istanbul,Turkey.