Liverpool`s Adam Lallana voted England player of the year
Liverpool`s Adam Lallana has been voted as 2016`s Vauxhall England Player of the Year. Southampton`s Nathan Redmond has been named the U21 player of the year.
The midfielder won the poll with 39 per cent of the votes from England Supporters Club, beating Leicester`s Jamie Vardy (12 per cent) and England`s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney (8 per cent) to the prize.
`This award is a huge honour,` Lallana told TheFA.com. `The last three winners were Rooney (2015), Rooney (2014) and Steven Gerrard (2012) so that just goes to show what a great achievement this is.
`Things have been going well this season for my club so that always helps. When you`re playing well for your club then hopefully you can transmit your form into the national team and help out.
`That`s what has been happening but I don`t want that to be for just one season – I want to continue that for as long as possible.
`Off the back of a disappointing year for England as a whole, I`ll be looking to definitely improve in 2017 and hopefully we can build on how it has started under Gareth Southgate, as there have been plenty of positives.`
Lallana has grown in influence for club and country over the last 12 months having established himself as a regular for both Jurgen Klopp and Gareth Southgate.
The 28-year-old bagged three goals for the Three Lions in 2016, including a late winner in former manager Sam Allardyce`s only game in charge against Slovakia in September.
He`ll hope to maintain his recent good form when England resume their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Lithuania at Wembley in March.
Redmond claimed 32% of votes from England Supporters Club members after helping the Young Lions to victory in the Toulon tournament as well as the 2017 European Under-21 Championship finals.
He said: `It`s a great honour and achievement to pick it up. I was up against some other worthy winners, so I don`t think words can describe how good of an achievement it is.
Source: Daily Mail Online
