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JORDAN HENDERSON LIVERPOOL Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane reckons Henderson deserves the award more than he does! The Reds’ captain has been a real leader in the dressing and on the pitch, with Andy Robertson saying they miss him big time when ever he doesn’t play. As well as being a mean motivator, Hendo has also been mega consistent on the pitch this season! SADIO MANE LIVE RPOOL With more Man Of The Match performances than any other Liverpool player, Sadio Mane has to be a leading contender for the Prem Player Of The Year prize! As well as chipping in with tons of goals, he’s grabbed a personal best for assists too – and has been the spark for his side in so many matches this season! KEVIN DE BRUYNE…

16 The Dutch striker scored 16 goals in just 14 league games, and was the WSL’s top scorer! 6 She bagged a double hat-trick in the 11-1 thrashing of Bristol City. Madness! 4 Miedema also assisted four goals in that win over The Robins – she was involved in 10 of the goals! 8 She finished the 2019-20 campaign with eight assists – no other player got more! 10 She’s also hit TEN goals in just four Champions League games for Arsenal this season!…

Rock, paper, scissors! Sorry Jose, paper beats rock! CR7 copycat! Sergio Ramos borrowed that celebration off his best mate Cristiano! Demon dancer! Kyle Walker-Peters has some sick break dancing skills! Of f-season sadness! When you realise there’s no more La Liga on the telly! Hungry Magpie! Is Dwight Gayle thinking about his post-match dinner? Grealish’s gas! Jack had been holding that one in all match! Shirt swap! Josh King couldn’t wait until the end of the match! Bushy beard! Giroud’s shirt wouldn’t fit over his beard! Pukker up! Reece James REALLY loves football! Seamus’ snack! No wonder Son looks like he’s in pain!…

ARSENAL v WATFORD This game could have a huge say at both ends of the table, with Watford hoping to stay in the Premier League and The Gunners pushing for a Europa League spot! They played out a thrilling 2-2 draw at Vicarage Road back in September, so we’d take more drama like that! FIXTURE FACTS! Deadly Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored three goals in his last two matches against The Hornets! There hasn’t been a single goalless draw in head-to-heads between these two teams in history. Awesome stat alert! CHELSEA v WOLVES These two European chasers put on a great show when they met in the league in September – Chelsea won 5-2, with Tammy Abraham scoring a hat-trick and an own goal! Keep an eye out for Tammy’s rival…

229 It took Cedric Soares just 229 seconds to score his first-ever Arsenal goal! Everton were the last Premier League side to be awarded a penalty in the 2019-20 season! 3 Allan Saint-Maximin is only the third-ever New castle player to assist three goals in a single Prem game! 1 Willian became the first player to score a penalty and direct free-kick in the same Premier League game since March 2016… 2016 Weirdly, the last player to do it was also a Chelsea player in a Premier League match against West Ham – Cesc Fabregas! 25 Che Adams’ first PL goal came in his 25th game for The Saints! 15 Mason Greenwood is the first teenager to score 15 goals in a single season for United since Wayne Rooney in…

WAS IT FUN JUDGING THIS YEAR’S CONTEST? WES SAYS: “It’s been fantastic to be involved. I feel like I could read some of the poems to my team-mates in the changing room before a game to motivate them to give 100% on the pitch!” WAS IT HARD PICKING A WINNER? WES SAYS: “It was really difficult to pick a winner as there were so many excellent poems! While having a winner is great, the most important thing is that so many children took the time to sit down, reflect on ambition and then bring that to life in poetry! For the Key Stage 1 poem, ‘Ambition’ by India, it was the way she summed up the meaning of ambition. For the Key Stage 2 poem, ‘Unstoppable’ by Jonathan, it’s all…

PREM SIGNINGS Prem scouts earned their money with these awesome signings! 1 BRUNO FERNANDES Man. United You might call us crazy by saying that Fernandes has been the season’s best signing when he only joined in January, but has any other player really had as much of an impact as the Portuguese midfielder? His presence has totally transformed United, and made them look like 2020-21 title challengers! 2 Danny Ings Southampton 3 Dean Henderson Sheff. United 4 Rodri Man. City 5 Allan Saint-Maximin Newcastle 6 Aaron Wan-Bissaka Man. United 7 Youri Tielemans Leicester 8 Mateo Kovacic Chelsea 9 Giovani Lo Celso Tottenham 10 Gabriel Martinelli Arsenal REDS HEROES Who have been the stars of the Premier League champions? 1 SADIO MANE This was a ridiculously hard call to make, but…

ERLING HAALAND BORUSSIA DORTMUND Haaland wasn’t just the biggest breakout star of the year – he’s one of the best teens in footy history! He’s picked up tons of rewards on FIFA 20 along the way, including a 90-rated card in TOTW 38 and a 95 in the Team Of The Season So Far! SADIO MANE LIVERPOOL Out of all of Liverpool’s title-winning heroes, Mane’s had the best year on FUT. As well as starring in the 2019 Team Of The Year and four TOTWs, he picked up a rapid 91-rated card after being named November’s Premier League Player Of The Month. Pure gold! KAI HAVERTZ BAYER LEVERKUSEN Havertz is one of the most wanted players in Europe this summer, and we’re not surprised after the season he’s just had!…

TOP 20 TEAMS! Check out the league table after game week 35+ in MATCH’s league! TRANSFER IN… Get a load of our top signing tips ahead of the final gameweek! RAHEEM STERLING MF ★ Man. city £11.8 million Prem fixtures don’t get much easier right now than at home to Norwich, and Sterling will be full of confidence going into it! MICHAIL ANTONIO MF ★ West Ham £7 million We love selecting MFs who actually play as strikers, and The Hammers’ recent four-goal hero fits into that category! NICK POPE GK ★ Burnley £5 million Pope has been a points-scoring machine this season! At home to Brighton could see the England GK bag even more! TRANSFER OUT… These are the FPL heroes we’d dump ASAP if we were you! CAGLAR…

2019-20 PREMWINNERS Right at the start of the season, we had a poll on our website asking which team would be crowned the 2019-20 Premier League champions – and MATCH fans were spot on! 2019-20 WSL WINNERS We also put a poll on MATCH’s website to see who you thought would lift the Women’s Super League trophy, but surprisingly eventual winners Chelsea weren’t one of the four favourites! 2019-20 CHAMPO LEAGUE WINNER It’s too early to say who’ll win the CL, but these were your favourites when we asked at the start of the season… 2019 BALLON D’OR WINNER The 2019 Ballon d’Or was named last December – and you guessed correctly when we asked who’d lift the trophy! GREALISH v MADDISON We had a bunch of Player Battles over…

EBERECHI EZE FACTFILE Club: QPR Age: 22 Position: Att. midfielder The ace attacker is definitely one of the most in-demand stars in the Championship! He grabbed 20 goals and assists combined in 2019-20 for QPR, and completed more successful dribbles than any other player in the league! There’s no wonder the likes of West Ham, Tottenham, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United are ready to pay £20 million for him! JAYDEN BOGLE FACTFILE Club: Derby Age: 19 Position: Right-back The silky full-back, who turns 20 this week, was linked with a move to the Premier League in January, but decided to finish the season with Derby! West Ham, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Brighton are all sniffing around, but the youngster still has two years on his contract, so he won’t be leaving for cheap this summer whatever happens! KARLAN…

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