Overview
- Bruno Fernandes was voted the Premier League Player of the Season for 2025/26 after a campaign in which he recorded 20 assists, tying the single-season league record.
- Fernandes led the league with 124 chances created and 30 big chances while also scoring eight goals, statistics cited by reporters as central to his selection.
- He will have a final opportunity to break the assist record in Manchester United’s remaining league match at Brighton.
- Manchester United recovered from a poor start that included the midseason dismissal of Ruben Amorim and improved markedly under Michael Carrick to secure third place and return to the Champions League.
- The award and statistical season strengthen Fernandes’s standing ahead of the 2026 World Cup and cement his role as a leader for Portugal’s squad.