Many people have already started revealing their best players of the season so far and it seems it’ll go down to the wire as Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante seem to be the favourites to land the award.

Antonio Conte was asked about his choice for the individual award, but he said it’s too early to tell.

When asked the player he would vote for, Conte said: “It is too early.

“Too early to reply to this question. I hope at the end of the season that [one of] my players could be [the Player of the Year].

“It means that we won the league, for me it will be satisfying to have a player win this award, but until then we must concentrate on the league and try to play game-by-game.

“It’s important [the award] but if you don’t win [the league], then it’s not as important.”