Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, has been named the Premier League Player of the Season.
themomentng reports that the United captain received the award on Saturday after an impressive campaign for Michael Carrick’s side.
Fernandes has equalled the record for the most assists in a single Premier League season, providing 20 assists. He now shares the record with Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.
The 31-year-old also scored eight league goals this season, helping Manchester United finish third and qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Fernandes becomes the first United player to win the award since Nemanja Matic in the 2010/11 season.
He won the prize ahead of Arsenal’s David Raya, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice; Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo; Brentford’s Igor Thiago; and Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White.
Fernandes had earlier won the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award for the season.
Manchester City defender, Nico O’Reilly, was named the Premier League Young Player of the Season.
O’Reilly became a regular at left-back for City during the campaign and also played in midfield.
The 21-year-old scored five goals and provided three assists.
He also scored both goals in City’s League Cup final victory over Arsenal in March and started in their FA Cup final win against Chelsea.
Other nominees for the Young Player award were City’s Rayan Cherki, West Ham’s Mateus Fernandes, Newcastle’s Lewis Hall, Brentford’s Michael Kayode, United’s Kobbie Mainoo, and Bournemouth duo Alex Scott and Eli Junior Kroupi.
