Arsenal's Mesut Ozil named PFA Fans' Player of the Month for November
Wednesday 9 December 2015 14:17, UK
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has been named PFA Fans' Player of the Month for November in the Premier League.
Arsenal midfielder Ozil, who has twice as many assists as any player in the top flight this season, claimed the Premier League award ahead of Manchester United defender Chris Smalling and Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.
Ozil also has the most assists from Europe's top five leagues this term, four more than Borussia Monchengladbach's Raffael, and also bagged in Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Norwich last month.
Every month, throughout the English football season, fans will have the opportunity to vote on skysports.com for who they think has been the best player in the Barclays Premier League, Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two, after Sky Sports teamed up with the PFA to be the digital platform for the Awards.
Before the vote opens each month, an expert panel produce a shortlist of contenders. Fans are then able to vote for the player they think deserves the award.
The panel includes Sky Sports football pundits Paul Merson, Ian Holloway and Peter Beagrie.
That trio are then joined by Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials, and Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters Federation, as well as the winning fan from each month.
The winning fans who will take their places on next month's shortlisting panel and make the awards to players will be announced in due course.
