PFA Player of the Year: Arsenal trio and Fernandes on shortlist
PFA Player of the Year: Arsenal trio and Fernandes shortlisted

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes can make it a hat-trick of awards after being shortlisted for the PFA Players' Player of the Year.

Record-breaking season

Fernandes broke the Premier League assist record last season, previously held jointly by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, as he helped Manchester United finish third under Michael Carrick. He has already won the Premier League Player of the Season and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards.

Fernandes will now look to claim the PFA Players' Player of the Year for the first time and become the first Manchester United player to win the award since Wayne Rooney in 2010.

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Arsenal trio nominated

Five other players have been nominated by their peers, with three Arsenal players shortlisted after their Premier League title-winning campaign. David Raya, Gabriel and Declan Rice join Fernandes in the running for the prize after helping end the Gunners' 22-year wait to be crowned champions of England.

Raya started all but one game en route to claiming a third successive Premier League Golden Glove award, while Gabriel was part of the meanest defence across the entire division, conceding 27 goals. Rice weighed in with four goals and seven assists in 36 Premier League appearances, missing one game through injury and being rested for the final game of the season against Crystal Palace with the title already wrapped up.

City pair complete list

Manchester City pair Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki complete the list, with the former winning the Golden Boot award after netting 27 goals, five more than Brentford's Igor Thiago.

Mohamed Salah was named Players' Player of the Year last year, but no Liverpool players have made the cut this time. The winner will be announced at the 53rd annual PFA Awards Ceremony in Manchester on Tuesday, August 25.

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