Manchester United crown David de Gea with his fourth Players' Player of the Year award

David de Gea has been named the Red Devils' Players' Player of the Year for a fourth time since arriving at Old Trafford.

The 31-year-old was one of the most consistent performers at Manchester United during the 2021/22 campaign and appeared in all 38 Premier League matches for the club.

Despite only managing eight clean sheets - his lowest total since 2018/19 - De Gea regularly rescued his side from embarrassing scorelines during a season to forget for United's defence.

The Red Devils finished the campaign in sixth place having conceded a club record low of 57 goals.

The poor performances in defence gave De Gea a platform to show off his best goalkeeping and he subsequently won seven Man-of-the-Match awards - a feat only matched by summer signing Cristiano Ronaldo.

In January, he also became the first goalkeeper to win the Premier League Player of the Month gong since Southampton's Fraser Forster in February 2016.

The Spanish international was also named Manchester United's Player of the Month on three successive occasions between November 2021 and January this year.

De Gea looked to be on his way out of Old Trafford last summer, as 25-year-old Dean Henderson challenged his spot between the sticks.

But the Spaniard has since replied with an award-winning season and looks certain to retain his place as number one under new boss Erik ten Hag.

Having won the award four times since its inception in 2006, De Gea stands alone at the top of the Red Devils' POTY podium, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia the only others to have claimed it more than once.