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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Premier League has shortlisted eight players for the EA Sports player of the month award after producing outstanding performances in August.
EA Sports is a division of Electronic Arts that develops and publishes sports video games.
The body made the announcement of the nominated players on its official website on Thursday.
Players on the nomination list include Manchester City’s Erling Haaland; Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus; Fulham’s Alexander Mitrovic; Arsenal’s captain,Martin Odegaard; Leeds Rodrigo Moreno; Crystal Palace’s Wilfred Zaha; Newcastle United’s Nick Pope; and Brighton’s Pascal Gross.