Ndidi, Iheanacho Nominated For Leicester Best Player Award

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Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and his Nigerian teammate Kelechi Iheanacho have been nominated for Leicester City’s Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season awards respectively.

Ndidi and
Iheanacho’s names were among the list of nominees for both categories of
the awards released on Leicester City’s official website on Friday.

Ndidi
has won the Young Player of the Season award for the past two seasons
following his arrival at the club from Belgian Jupiler League side KRC
Genk.

He is a firm favourite for the higher award category this
time around following another stellar season with the Foxes.Ndidi, 22,
has featured in 34 Premier League games this season and scored twice.

None of his goals however made the shortlist for the Goal of the Season award.

Iheanacho
on his part, has struggled to make impact at the club this season and
risks missing out on a place in Nigeria’s squad to the 2019 Africa Cup
of Nations in Egypt.He has scored once in 28 league appearances for
Leicester City.

Other players in the race for the Young Player of
the Season are Demarai Gray, Harvey Barnes, Youri Tielemans, Ben
Chilwell, James Maddison, Filip Benković, Çağlar Söyüncü and Hamza
Choudhury.

For the Player of the Season award, Ghanaian defender
Daniel Amartey, Nampalys Mendy, captain Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson,
Rachid Ghezzal, Shinji Okazaki, Harry Maguire, Filip Benković, Matty
James, Ricardo Pereira, Adrien Silva and Çağlar Söyüncü were listed.

Others
are Hamza Choudhury, Youri Tielemans, Ben Chilwell, Demarai Gray, Marc
Albrighton, Danny Ward, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy, Andy King, Kasper
Schmeichel, Christian Fuchs, Jonny Evans, Fousseni Diabaté and James
Maddison.

The winner of the awards will be announced at the end of the season dinner at the King Power Stadium on May 7.

Other
awards on the night include the Academy Player of the Season,
Development Squad Player of the Season, Performance of the Season and
Players’ Player of the Season.

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