Bruno Fernandes: Man United captain wins massive award

Bruno Fernandes: Man United captain wins massive award

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has received his first reward after a stunning season.

Could have been so different

This time last year, there were an abundance of rumours linking Bruno Fernandes to a move to Saudi Arabia. Finally, the Portuguese international decided to stay at Old Trafford and he has been highly influential in United’s revival this season.

Fernandes has registered 19 assists in the league and scored eight goals in a stupendous season. These statistics must also be understood in the context that he played the first half of the season as a deep-lying midfielder and only moved to his usual number ten position after the departure of Ruben Amorim at the start of January.

Award

As a result of his fine form, the Football Writers’ Association voted the United skipper as the Player of the Year.

Fernandes edged out Arsenal’s Declan Rice after 900 sports writers voted.

The Association posted on X, “congratulations to both players, who will receive their awards at the Footballer of the Year annual dinner in London on May 19.”

The association’s website also reported on their official website that, “in a close-run contest for the oldest and most prestigious individual award in football, the Portuguese midfielder beat runner-up Declan Rice by 28 votes. of was third.”