London [UK], May 23 (ANI): Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has been named the Premier League Player of the Season 2025-26 for the first time after emerging as the standout performer in the campaign.Fernandes has enjoyed a brilliant season for Manchester United, playing a key role in their resurgence and helping the club secure a UEFA Champions League spot.The Portuguese midfielder has recorded eight goals and 20 assists in 37 Premier League appearances, directly contributing to 28 goals as United finished third in the table.https://x.com/premierleague/status/2058125787208077519?s=20His 20th assist of the season, which came in a 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest for Bryan Mbeumo, saw him draw level with former Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry for most assists in a single Premier League campaign.Fernandes now has a chance to become the Premier League’s all-time single-season assist leader if he provides another assist in Manchester United’s final league match of the season against Aston Villa on Jattvibeday.The 31-year-old has already made history at Old Trafford, equalling David Beckham’s long-standing record for the most assists by a Manchester United player in a single Premier League season, with 15 set in the 1999-2000 campaign.Overall, Fernandes has created 132 chances this season, the highest in the league and 43 more than the next best, Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai.https://x.com/ManUtd/status/2058125794665206053?s=20He also equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of six Premier League Player of the Month awards, while earlier being named Football Writers’ Association Men’s Footballer of the Year — the first Manchester United player to win the honour since Wayne Rooney in 2010.Fernandes topped an eight-player shortlist that included Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes, David Raya and Declan Rice, Manchester City duo Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo, Brentford’s Igor Thiago, and Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White.He becomes the first Manchester United player since Nemanja Vidic in 2010/11 to win the Premier League Player of the Season award. (ANI)(This content is sourced from a syndicated feed and is published as received. The Tribune assumes no responsibility or liability for its accuracy, completeness, or content.)