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Chelsea star Eden Hazard: If I win POTY, I'll share it with N'Golo Kante

Chelsea stars N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard are in contention for the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year prize on Sunday evening, but there is only one winner according to Hazard.

Hazard won the award in 2015 after inspiring the Blues to glory under Jose Mourinho, before he and his Chelsea teammates struggled for form last season. However, Kante is the bookmakers' favourite this time around at odds as short as 1/10.

And the Belgium international says that even if he somehow wins the award -- announced at around 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) -- he will share it with his teammate.

The Blues remain on course to win the Premier League this season and the exploits of relentless midfield dynamo Kante and playmaker Hazard have been key to their results this season.

They head a six-man shortlist which also includes Tottenham and England forward Harry Kane, Everton's Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal.

Kante is set to become the first player in the Premier League era to win successive championships with different clubs, having won it with Leicester last season.

Kane is also nominated for the young player award alongside Spurs teammate Dele Alli, who was controversially omitted from the senior award.

Spurs have won four out of the last five men's young player awards -- Kyle Walker in 2012, Gareth Bale in 2013, Kane in 2015 and Alli in 2016. Only Hazard (2014) has interrupted Spurs' winning streak.

The Tottenham duo are joined by Lukaku, Burnley defender Michael Keane, Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and Manchester City winger Leroy Sane.

Having won last season's Women's Super League crown without losing a game, Manchester City are understandably well represented for the women's player of the year prize.

England right-back Lucy Bronze, who won the award in 2014, is joined by the club's top scorer Jane Ross and midfielder Jill Scott. Alongside the City trio on the six-woman shortlist are Ellen White, Karen Carney and Caroline Weir.

Chelsea's Millie Bright and Manchester City's Nikita Parris - both also going to the Euros with England - have been nominated for the women's young player of the year gong. Three City players get the nod in this category too, with Parris joined by Georgia Stanway and Keira Walsh. Weir is again nominated, along with Birmingham's Jess Carter.

The PFA will also announce the winner of its Merit award, a prize won last year by former Manchester United and Wales winger Ryan Giggs.

The ceremony at London's Grosvenor Hotel is also expected to feature tributes to former England defender Ugo Ehiogu, who died earlier this week aged 44.

Information from the Press Association was used in this report.