They have each been in top form as Jose Mourinho's side look to add both the Champions League and Premiership titles to the League Cup they won in February.

As well as Chelsea's trio, Arsenal striker Thierry Henry -- winner in 2004 -- was again selected, while top-flight newcomer Andrew Johnson also made the six candidates after an impressive Premiership debut which has seen the Crystal Palace frontman become the leading English marksman in the league as well as win his first England cap.

Steven Gerrard, the driving force behind Liverpool's bid for both European and domestic success, completes the list, from which the winner will be announced at the PFA awards dinner to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on Sunday, April 24.

Cech received recognition for his consistency following his seven million pound arrival from Rennes during the summer.

He broke the record for the number of successive clean sheets in the Premier League, going 1,025 minutes without conceding a goal earlier this season.

The 6ft 5in Czech international is still only 22 and Taylor told Sky Sports News: "The clean sheets he has kept, the records he has set and the form he has maintained from day one have been nothing short of phenomenal."

Henry has won the award twice before and put himself in the frame for a hattrick with another 30-goal haul this season.

Johnson has been the surprise package of this season's Barclays Premiership campaign as, despite Crystal Palace struggling at the wrong end of the table, he has scored 18 league goals.

He is the leading English scorer and forced his way into Sven-Goran Eriksson's national squad after a string of consistent displays.

Chelsea winger Arjen Robben made the nominations for the Young Player Award.

Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney was selected, along with his Old Trafford teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.

The remaining nominees all represent England's future, with Jermain Defoe, of Tottenham, Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing and Shaun Wright-Phillips of Manchester City completing the list.