The Manchester United squad has crowned David De Gea as the Players’ Player of the Year for 2021/22, following a season in which the Spaniard performed consistently and produced many sublime saves.
In what has been a tough campaign for our first team, the 31-year-old played every single minute of Premier League action and was regularly on hand to save his side.
De Gea accumulated a total of seven Man-of-the-Match awards during the campaign, with only Cristiano Ronaldo having claimed as many. The Spaniard also earned our Player-of-the-Month award for November, December and January.
The Players' Player award is viewed as a significant mark of respect from your team-mates and David should be proud of his efforts throughout 2021/22.
Of De Gea’s performances this season, his displays at home to Villareal and away to West Ham stand out.
United recorded a 2-1 win away to the Hammers, despite the hosts being awarded a penalty in injury time. Our Spanish goalkeeper stepped up to the challenge and repelled Mark Noble’s penalty to earn the Reds three points.
In the 2-1 Champions League win over Villareal at Old Trafford, it was once again De Gea who stole the headlines, producing some sublime saves to keep the score at 1-1 in the second half. The 33-year-old’s display laid the foundations for Ronaldo’s last-gasp winner against the Spanish side.
In 2017/18, the Spaniard became the first United player to be awarded our Players’ Player of the Year prize on three occasions, and he extends that record to four with this 2021/22 win.
Cristiano Ronaldo and last year’s winner Luke Shaw are joined by former winger Antonio Valencia as the only other players to have claimed the award more than once since its inception in 2006.
Players’ Player of the Year:
2005/06: Ryan Giggs
2006/07: Cristiano Ronaldo
2007/08: Cristiano Ronaldo
2008/09: Nemanja Vidic
2009/10: Wayne Rooney
2010/11: Nani
2011/12: Antonio Valencia
2012/13: Michael Carrick
2013/14: David De Gea
2014/15: David De Gea
2015/16: Chris Smalling
2016/17: Antonio Valencia
2017/18: David De Gea
2018/19: Luke Shaw
2019/20: Anthony Martial
2020/21: Luke Shaw
2021/22: David De Gea
Congratulations on your fourth success, David, and keep up the good work.
YAYAOREOA05
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United Have Been In England 10 months and the funny thing is In 1 hour and 45 minutes in England Messi Won A Trophy before them😂😂😂
Gajaak
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Mourinho once said: "when your best player is a goalkeeper then something is wrong with your team" well he's not wrong at all...
realpool
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meanwhile United's captain stretching for next season[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Gajaak
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Degea is like this bra..if not for him the whole United would fall..
whykallar
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Even as Man Utd player of the year, you couldn’t stop opponent from scoring for your team to win silverware 👅[Crylaugh][byebye]
rahmgabby_17
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RONALDO LOOKING FOR THIS POST[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
SkyBlueçça
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And still a goal keeper won the ucl for Madrid 😂 fucking haters
Nope he might have won it for them in the final, but the best player throughout the tournament was Benzema
humadcast
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And still a goal keeper won the ucl for Madrid 😂 fucking haters
goal keeper alone can win match not a season