Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year for 2023/24, as presented by adidas.
Our no.8 has finished the season strongly, despite picking up a rare injury, and been a major influence for Erik ten Hag’s men throughout the campaign.
For the second year running, he created more chances than any other player in the Premier League and was joint-top scorer in the division for the Reds, alongside Rasmus Hojlund.
The Portugal international has netted 15 times in all competitions, one behind Hojlund on 16, and posted eight assists in the league – at least double that of any of his colleagues.
Fernandes also enjoyed the hottest streak of his United career to date, getting on the scoresheet in five consecutive fixtures, culminating with a double in the win over Sheffield United last month.
He has twice been named Player of the Month this term – in August and April – and was also nominated on three other occasions.
Bruno Fernandes and the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year.
This is the third time that our skipper has picked up the prestigious trophy, since joining the Reds from Sporting Club in 2020.
As a three-time winner, only two men have picked up the annual accolade more often, David De Gea and Cristiano Ronaldo (both four).
Manchester United’s first-team squad have voted Diogo Dalot as the Players’ Player of the Year for the 2023/24 season.
In a challenging campaign, the Portuguese defender has been a ray of light, and found personal consistency despite our fluctuating results.
Diogo Dalot, with the Players’ Player of the Year prize.
Dalot’s technical ability has been clear since he joined the club from Porto in June 2018, at the age of just 19, but this term has been allied to a growing physical robustness.
In an injury affected season for the squad, no outfield player has bettered Diogo’s 49 appearances to date, and his fluency on both flanks has been a real boon for Erik ten Hag.
Perhaps his best all-round performance came in the earth-shaking 4-3 win over Liverpool in the Emirates FA Cup, when he was brilliant in both attack and defence across 120 sapping minutes.
The Manchester United Goal of the Season award for 2023/24, presented by Tezos, has been won by Alejandro Garnacho’s remarkable overhead kick against Everton.
The 19-year-old’s sensational piece of skill, produced less than three minutes into United’s win at Goodison Park in November, was the talk of world football, with many onlookers suggesting it might even be the greatest goal scored across the entire Premier League era.
Alejandro Garnacho poses with his Goal of the Season award.
Alejandro’s wondrous moment on Merseyside claimed a whopping 74 per cent of the vote share, leaving little hope for any of the other first-teamers nominated.
The Premier League is yet to announce winner of its award, but surely Alejandro has a decent shout there too.
To pinch a quote from the late, great commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, which was once used to describe a Bobby Charlton cracker, Garnacho’s goal was “good enough to win the league, the cup, Charity Shield, the World Cup and even the Grand National!”
