Fans angry Tottenham’s Alderweireld misses out on PFA Team of the Year

by Danielle Joynson share

1 minute read 20/4/2017 | 09:33am

The PFA has announced its Premier League Team of the Year, and there is one notable omission.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Toby Alderweireld failed to make the grade, which has prompted anger from some fans on Twitter.

The Belgian has been a reliable man at the back for manager Mauricio Pochettino this season, but Chelsea pair Gary Cahill and David Luiz have taken the central defender spots in the league’s best XI.

Chelsea and Tottenham currently occupy first and second in the top-flight table, and they have the most representatives in the Team of the Year.

As well as Cahill and Luiz, Blues’ pair N’Golo Kante and Eden Hazard have made the cut, while Spurs’ quartet Danny Rose, Kyle Walker, Dele Alli and Harry Kane are also included.

Manchester United’s David de Gea has been picked ahead of his fellow goalkeepers, while Sadio Mane of Liverpool gets the nod, as does Everton striker Romelu Lukaku.

#PFAawards | The PFA Premier League Team of the Year sponsored by @OfficialPanini pic.twitter.com/eQfXZ6h5Ll

— PFA (@PFA) April 20, 2017

As expected, there have been disagreements among fans over the selections, and many have been left scratching their heads over Alderweireld’s absence.

Many believe that he is more deserving of a place than Cahill.

@PFA @OfficialPanini @premierleague To say Cahill has been better than Toby Alderweireld is just wrong

— kendoddsdad (@Caiger08) April 20, 2017

@PFA @SpursOfficial @OfficialPanini @premierleague Sorry it should be spurs back line. Conceded 22 goals in prem all season! How can that not be first choice defence??

— gavin (@gavinspurs) April 20, 2017

@PFA @SpursOfficial @OfficialPanini @premierleague So Luiz and Cahill better than Toby and Jan? What a joke!

— stelios georgiou (@steliosuk1) April 20, 2017

@PFA @OfficialPanini @premierleague De Gea is laughable. And how is @AlderweireldTob not in – he's the best CB in the league by a mile.

— RobD (@RJCoolDerbs) April 20, 2017

@PFA @OfficialPanini @premierleague How is rose and cahill in there????? should be alonso and alderweireld

— Shaun Matthews???????? (@Shaun6549) April 20, 2017

@PFA @OfficialPanini @premierleague Heaton, Marcos Alonso LB, Alderweireld for Cahill & Antonio Valencia RB..the rest is fair

— Kam Hosseini (@kamtweets) April 20, 2017

@PFA @OfficialPanini @premierleague Cahill and No Alderweireld ???????????? #noclue

— Sheila (@shemag12) April 20, 2017

@PFA @OfficialPanini @premierleague Alderweireld should be one of the first names on the list.

— P. (@PeterKovacs_) April 20, 2017

@PFA @SpursOfficial @OfficialPanini @premierleague How Toby Alderweirald doesn't get in that team is beyond me. Probably would've had Alonso in there as well.

— Cumberland (@Cumberland_23) April 20, 2017