Tuesday 3 May 2016 14:22, UK
Sky Sports can now reveal the contenders for the PFA Fans' Player of the Month Awards for April.
The Premier League shortlist includes Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, who has scored eight goal in five Premier League games during April.
He is joined by Leicester duo Leonardo Ulloa and N'Golo Kante, Tottenham pair Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen and Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez as they all look to follow March's winner Adam Lallana in picking up the top-flight PFA Fans' player of the month award.
The competition is just as fierce in the Sky Bet Football League, with Johnny Russell (Derby), Steve Morison (Millwall) and Josh Windass (Accrington) all featuring in the shortlists compiled by the expert panel of judges as they look to follow March winners Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday), who is included in the Championship shortlist again with Will Grigg (Wigan) and Ollie Watkins (Exeter).
Every month, fans have the opportunity to vote on skysports.com for who they think has been the best player in the 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 produces a shortlist of contenders. Fans are then able to vote for the player they think deserves the award.
One voting fan in each division, who is a resident in the UK or Ireland, will win the chance (subject to terms and conditions) to meet and present the award to each PFA Fans' Player of the Month. And that's not all - one of the winners will join the experts on the following month's shortlisting panel.
The panel includes Sky Sports football pundits Paul Merson, Ian Holloway and Peter Beagrie. The trio are 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 shortlists for the March awards have been announced and the following players are in contention:
Premier League
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
Andros Townsend (Newcastle United)
Andy Carroll (West Ham United)
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
David de Gea (Manchester United)
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland)
Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City)
N'Golo Kante (Leicester City)
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Shane Long (Southampton)
Championship
Chris Wood (Leeds United)
Tom Ince (Derby County)
Johnny Russell (Derby County)
Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Lasse Vibe (Brentford)
Michael Keane (Burnley)
Jordan Rhodes (Middlesbrough)
Robert Snodgrass (Hull City)
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wedensday)
Greg Halford (Rotherham United)
Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest)
Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion)
League One
Adam Hammill (Barnsley)
Andy Butler (Doncaster)
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)
Curtis Main (Oldham)
JJ Hooper (Port Vale)
Lucas Akins (Burton)
Luke Williams (Scunthorpe)
Michael Jacobs (Wigan)
Steve Morison (Millwall)
Tony McMahon (Bradford)
Wes Burns (Fleetwood)
Will Grigg (Wigan)
League Two
Danny Hylton (Oxford)
Dean Parrett (Stevenage)
Joe Pigott (Luton)
John Akinde (Barnet)
Josh Windass (Accrington)
Luke Berry (Cambridge)
Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon)
Matt Green (Mansfield)
Matt Taylor (Bristol Rovers)
Tariqe Fosu (Accrington)
Pelly Ruddock (Luton)
Ricky Holmes (Northampton)
On Thursday May 5, an even shorter list of leading contenders will be announced with voting open until 9am on May 6.
The winners will be announced at 11 am on May 6.
Have your say NOW - vote at www.skysports.com/pfafanvote
To be eligible for the prize, voters must be 18 or over and be a resident of UK or ROI. Travel costs are not included as part of the prize. Click here to read the full terms and conditions.
