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Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was named the Premier League subordinate of the play connected Saturday aft guiding his nine to third spot successful the standings while equalling the league's assists grounds with a crippled to spare. Fernandes tied the league grounds of 20 assists jointly held by erstwhile Arsenal striker Thierry Henry and ex-Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne.
The Portugal international besides scored 8 goals arsenic United secured a third-place decorativeness to qualify for the Champions League.
The 31-year-old was nominated alongside Arsenal's title-winning trio of Gabriel, David Raya and Declan Rice, Manchester City duo Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo, Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White and Brentford striker Igor Thiago.
Fernandes emerged arsenic the Premier League's champion playmaker this play erstwhile helium created a league-high 132 chances. The adjacent champion subordinate was Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai, who created 89 chances.
A play for the past books 📖@manutd's Bruno Fernandes is @EASPORTSFC Player of the Season ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nj0wKjlpFv
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 23, 2026Fernandes was named the Football Writers' Association men's subordinate of the twelvemonth earlier this period portion helium besides picked up the club's Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year honour for the 5th time.
He has the opportunity to marque the Premier League assists record his ain connected Sunday erstwhile United question to Brighton & Hove Albion for the last crippled of the season.
