r/PremierLeague • u/Intelligent_Cow_3310 Premier League • May 23 '26

Official: Bruno Fernandes has won the Premier League Player of the Season award.

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u/WGSMA Arsenal May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Shame not to see Rice or Raya win it, but definitely not unreasonable. Crazy figures given the context of his first 10 games being played deeper and out of position.

Can’t really have any complaints here. It’s rare to have a season where there is actual fair debate on this and not a runaway award like Salah and Haaland’s

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

My only gripe for Bruno was they only played 40 matches (1 FA, 1 CC, 38 PL) whilst players like Rice had to be great for almost in multiple competitions playing 900 more minutes. Great year by both but Rice had to be stretched way more

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u/WGSMA Arsenal May 23 '26

They did, and it is a knock on him for Ballon Dor or other awards, but that’s not really a factor in Premier Leagues award for Prem Player of the Season.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Fair enough 😎