What award nominations did PSG players recieve?
While Paris Saint-Germain making history for the Ballon d’Or list stole the show, there were plenty of other awards announced today as well.
Parisians received nominations for the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, Manager of the Year, and Club of the Year.
Winners will be announced in Paris on September 22.
Kopa Trophy
PSG had two different nominations for the Kopa Trophy.
Joao Neves has been nominated for the second year in a row, coming off an incredible first season in Paris.
Desire Doue has received his first nomination, and both Neves and Doue were nominated for the Ballon d’Or as well.
Both of them had great seasons and could win in most years, but unfortunately for them, they will likely lose out to Lamine Yamal. However, I think the two Parisians could certainly find themselves taking up the last two podium places behind Yamal.
Yashin Trophy
While Donnarumma is close to departing from Paris, he is on the list once again after his phenomenal campaign. I expect him to also come away as the winner of the Yashin trophy.
He had multiple monstrous performances in the Champions League, putting PSG on his back in games such as the second half of the second leg against Aston Villa.
Donnarumma was also nominated for the Ballon d’Or.
While not officially a PSG player yet, I figured I should talk about Lucas Chevalier.
Like Donnarumma, his season was built on incredible Champions League performances. His most notable work was his clean sheet against Real Madrid. While replacing Donnarumma could be difficult, Chevalier is as good as anyone to do that job.
Manager Of The Year
Luis Enrique has been nominated for manager of the year, and he is almost a lock to win that award.
His system was under heavy criticism when PSG was struggling in the first half of the season, but after he got the players he wanted in January, PSG looked like world-beaters due to his philosophy.
He got the best out of every player, with six of PSG’s nine Ballon d’Or nominations having never made the list before they played under Enrique in Paris.
PSG’s dominance would not have been possible without Enrique’s genius, and the award will be well deserved if he does win it.
Club of the Year
Not a surprise once again, Paris Saint-Germain has been nominated for Club Of The Year.
They participated in five competitions, winning four of them and finishing as the runner-up in the Club World Cup. They would have been on for the first septuple had they won the Club World Cup final, but everyone is more than content with settling for a sextuple.
As mentioned before, they also set the record for the most nominations for the Ballon d’Or by a single club with nine.
Paris Saint-Germain are winners of the Champions League, Ligue 1, Trophee Des Champions, Coupe de France, and will certainly soon be winners of the Club Of The Year.
