Overview
- The FWA award, announced Friday, went to the Manchester United captain with 45% of the vote, 28 ahead of Arsenal’s Declan Rice as Erling Haaland finished third.
- Fernandes has 19 Premier League assists in 32 games and needs one more to equal the single‑season record of 20 held by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne with three matches left.
- He has already surpassed David Beckham’s Manchester United mark for most Premier League assists in a season.
- United secured a return to the Champions League after Michael Carrick replaced Ruben Amorim in January and restored Fernandes to his preferred central attacking role.
- In the women’s vote, Manchester City’s Khadija “Bunny” Shaw won for a second time after scoring 19 WSL goals to lead City to their first title in a decade, with Sky Sports reporting she could leave when her contract expires this summer.