Overview
- Fernandes was announced as the men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year on Tuesday after votes by members of the Professional Footballers’ Association decided the prize.
- He set a Premier League single‑season record with 21 assists in 2025/26, a mark that surpassed Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne and underpinned his victory.
- Manchester City’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw won the women’s Player of the Year while Nico O’Reilly and Olivia Smith claimed the men’s and women’s Young Player awards respectively.
- The PFA published its Premier League Team of the Year featuring multiple Arsenal and Manchester City players alongside Fernandes, highlighting how player voting can differ from trophy results.
- Fernandes is the first Manchester United winner of this PFA award since Wayne Rooney in 2010 and only the second Portuguese recipient after Cristiano Ronaldo, adding to his FWA and Premier League individual honours and boosting his profile as United prepare for Champions League play.