PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - Olympique Lyonnais forward Alexandre Lacazette was named French player of the year on Sunday, after topping the scoring charts with 27 goals for the season, while the Ligue 1 coach award went to Paris St Germain's Laurent Blanc.
Lacazette, who has been tipped for a big-money move to England this summer, was a driving force for league runners-up Lyon as they battled PSG for the title and qualified for the Champions League.
"As a player to be nominated is great, but to go home with the trophy against such great competition as (Javier) Pastore, (Marco) Verratti and (Zlatan)Ibrahimovic, it's really good", the 23-year-old said.