Man United’s Fernandes, City’s Shaw named PFA Players of the Year

Fernandes rewarded for outstanding play with grounds assists successful the league; Shaw builds connected league triumph and Golden Boot.

Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes was crowned the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year, portion Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw scooped the Women’s grant for the 2nd time.

The grant wins connected Tuesday highlighted the idiosyncratic brilliance of some players, with contrasting fortunes for their respective teams during the season.

Portuguese planetary Fernandes broke the Premier League assists grounds during an outstanding 2025–26 season, mounting up 21 goals arsenic helium surpassed Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne’s erstwhile mark.

The 31-year-old besides scored 9 times arsenic United overcame a mediocre commencement to decorativeness 3rd successful the Premier League nether Michael Carrick and earned a instrumentality to the Champions League.

Fernandes besides won the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year grant successful May.

“It is evidently a precise arrogant moment. They are the ones you spell connected the transportation against, and it’s astir apt not casual to ballot for idiosyncratic you play against, truthful it is simply a precise bully moment,” said Fernandes.

Khadija Shaw won the Women’s Super League with Manchester City [Paul Childs/Action Images via Reuters]

Shaw was rewarded for scoring 21 goals connected the mode to a 3rd consecutive Golden Boot and securing City’s archetypal Women’s Super League rubric successful a decade.

City besides saw further occurrence arsenic Nico O’Reilly was named Men’s Young Player of the Year.

The 21-year-old scored doubly successful the League Cup last arsenic City bushed Arsenal and was portion of the broadside that besides won the FA Cup past season.

“I’m precise arrogant of the play I had,” said the England international. “I won 2 trophies with my nine and managed to play astatine the World Cup with my country. I’m implicit the satellite with however it turned out.”

O’Reilly was joined by City teammates Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo successful the Team of the Year.

Champions Arsenal had 5 representatives successful David Raya, Gabriel, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice, with Fernandes and Brentford’s Igor Thiago completing the XI.