Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti in contention for UEFA coach of the year

Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti in contention for UEFA coach of the year

On Aug. 31, at the ‘Grimaldi Forum’ in Monte Carlo, UEFA will not only draw the Champions League groupings but also award the best player and best coach of last season prizes.

For both one role and the other, three ‘finalists’ have been designated from which the winners of the two awards will be chosen. To make the choice, UEFA’s technical committee named a number of names that were then voted on by a jury composed of coaches from clubs that played in the group stage of the three European cups last season and a group of journalists selected by ‘European Sports Media.

The three coaches who received the most votes were, UEFA reports, Pep Guardiola, Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti, while the three footballers who received the most votes were Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi.