Best PL player of 2016?

We asked our Sky Sports pundits to pick their best Premier League player of 2016, with a certain Leicester City attacker a popular choice.

Following their remarkable Premier League triumph, three of Claudio Ranieri’s title winners feature.

But there’s not total agreement, with nominations for Liverpool, Manchester City and Southampton players too.

Read on to find out who our pundits picked…

Niall Quinn – Sergio Aguero, Man City

The person I liked watching the most and the one I could trust the most to play well and get goals was Sergio Aguero, even though he had a couple of niggly injuries in that period, his goals-per-game ratio was phenomenal.

Man City as a team fell asleep a little bit in terms of winning the league last year, but they did get to the semi-finals of the Champions League. 

I would like to give the Leicester lads an honourable mention here – Riyad Mahrez was so exciting, Danny Drinkwater, N’Golo Kante, and Jamie Vardy, of course, were superb.

But just week in, week out, I’m going for the phenomenon that was Aguero.

Jamie Carragher – Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool

I think over the calendar year Philippe Coutinho has been the standout performer.

There are lots of people in with a shout, like Mahrez and Vardy. At the start, they were outstanding and took Leicester to the title.

Kevin De Bruyne at times has shown glimpses of the player we think he can go on to be, and Eden Hazard at the back end of the year has shown what he was a couple of years ago when he was the PFA Players’ Player of the Year.

He’s been injured for a couple of weeks recently, but I think for the full year you have to give it to Coutinho.

Jamie Redknapp – N’Golo Kante, Leicester and …

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