The 2016 England player of the year has been named and he is no other than F.C. Liverpool’s mid-fielder Adam Lallana who polled 39 per cent of the vote from members of the England Supporters Club. He therefore succeeds Wayne Rooney who won the title the year before.

Second with 12 per cent is Leicester City’s striker Jamie Vardy while the former holder Wayne Rooney got eight per cent of votes as he fell short of scooping the award for a third consecutive year.

Despite England’s poor Euro 2016 campaign, Lallana’s performances provided one of the few areas of encouragement.

Despite unrest in the dugout, with Gareth Southgate coming in as manager at the end of Sam Allardyce’s short-lived reign, Adam Lallana impressed for the Three Lions – netting a last-gasp winner in their opening World Cup qualifier against Slovakia before scoring in the back-to-back November matches with Scotland and Spain.

“This award is a huge honour,” the former Southampton playmaker told the Football Association’s official website. “The last three winners were Rooney, Rooney and Steven Gerrard so that just goes to show what a great achievement this is.

“Things have been going well this season for my club so that always helps. When you’re playing well for your club then hopefully you can transmit your form into the national team and help out.

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