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03rd Mar 2016

London’s Premier League Player of the Year announced

Simon Lloyd

Dimitri Payet has won the Premier League Player of the Year prize at the London Football Awards.

The West Ham star beat the likes of Mesut Ozil of Arsenal, Harry Kane of Tottenham and Chelsea’s Willian to the award.

Payet has impressed since moving to England from Marseille in the summer, scoring seven goals in his Premier League appearances.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino scooped the Manager of the Year award, seeing off other nominees Arsene Wenger, Slaven Bilic and Quique Sanchez Flores.