GREATER Western Sydney midfielder Josh Kelly's impressive season has been recognised by his peers with the AFL Players' Association MVP of the Month award for May.
In a close contest, Kelly gathered 25 per cent of the player votes, just ahead of Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield (23 per cent) and Tiger Dustin Martin (17 per cent).
Kelly is yet to re-sign with the Giants for 2018 and has reportedly been the subject of a $9 million dollar contract offer from North Melbourne.
MAY NOMINEES
Josh Kelly (GWS)
Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
Dustin Martin (Richmond)
Alex Rance (Richmond)
Michael Hurley (Essendon)
Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
VOTING PROCESS
Former MVP winners (Leigh Matthews, Chris Judd, Gerard Healy and Tim Watson) will nominate six players they believe to be the best for the month. Current players will then vote to decide who they believe is the MVP of the month from the six nominees. The monthly winner will then be automatically nominated for the end of season AFL Players' Association MVP Award (Leigh Matthews Trophy).
VOTING PERIODS
March/April - rounds 1-6 Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
May - rounds 7-10 Josh Kelly (GWS)
June - rounds 11-15
July - rounds 16-19
August - rounds 20-23
