Manchester City star named as only contender for Player of the Year by football broadcaster

Manchester City star named as only contender for Player of the Year by football broadcaster Adrian Durham insists Cherki is the ‘only contender’ for Premier League Footballer of the Year Durham dismisses Arsenal players as “robots” who are undeserving of individual honours Cherki has 20 goal contributions in all competitions this season in debut Man City term talkSPORT presenter Adrian Durham has claimed that Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki has already won the Premier League Footballer of the Year award. Cherki has been one of the standout performers in English football this season since joining Manchester City from Lyon for £34 million last summer, reaching 20 goal contributions in all competitions and producing a series of virtuoso displays that have earned him widespread admiration across the game. The 22-year-old was at his brilliant best in Manchester City’s 4-0 FA Cup quarter-final demolition of Liverpool last weekend, pulling the strings and contributing to a performance that assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders described as another step in his growing influence on City’s season.

“I didn’t see that” – Pep Lijnders discusses Rayan Cherki shirt exchange incident in Liverpool FA Cup win He has cemented his status as a cult hero at the Etihad Stadium both for his football and his irrepressible personality. Durham: Cherki has won footballer of the year already Speaking on talkSPORT , presenter Adrian Durham was unequivocal in his verdict when assessing the candidates for the game’s most coveted individual honour. “I’m thinking of the Footballer of the Year,” he said.

“You can’t have any Arsenal players, they’re not footballers, okay? They’re just robots. So you can’t have any Arsenal players as player of the year.

” Turning his attention to Cherki, Durham left no room for ambiguity. “He is the only contender for Footballer of the Year. Rayan Cherki has won it already.