Duo nominated once more

Last year's winners Eden Hazard and Rudi Garcia have one again been nominated for the player and coach of the year awards respectively.

Highly-rated Lille striker Hazrd, who has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent weeks, makes the four man shortlist chosen by the the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP). The 21-year-old will go up against Montpellier duo Olivier Giroud and Younes Belhanda and Paris Saint-Germain's Nene. Lille manager Garcia will go up against Ajaccio boss Olivier Pantaloni, Montpellier's Rene Girard and Antoine Kombouare, who left PSG in December to be replaced by Carlo Ancelotti, for the manager prize. The award winners will be announced at a ceremony on May 14.