LondoN: Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was named Premier League Player of the Season on Saturday.
Fernandes has equalled the record for most assists in a single Premier League campaign with 20, alongside Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne. The 31-year-old has also scored eight league goals for United this term, helping Michael Carrick´s third-placed team secure qualification for next season´s Champions League. Fernandes is the first United player to win the award since Nemanja Vidic in 2010-11.
He took the prize ahead of Arsenal´s David Raya, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice, Manchester City´ Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo, Brentford´s Igor Thiago and Nottingham Forest´s Morgan Gibbs-White.
United captain Fernandes had already won this season´s Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year award.
Manchester City defender Nico O´Reilly won the Premier League Young Player of the Season award. O´Reilly became a regular at left-back for City this season and also featured in midfield, scoring five goals and providing three assists.
The 21-year-old bagged both goals in City´s League Cup final win over Arsenal in March and also started in their FA Cup final victory against Chelsea. City´s Rayan Cherki, West Ham´s Mateus Fernandes, Newcastle´s Lewis Hall, Brentford´s Michael Kayode, United´s Kobbie Mainoo and Bournemouth´s Alex Scott and Eli Junior Kroupi were the other nominees for the Young Player award.
