Manchester City defender Ruben Dias Is Appointed the Premier League Player of the Season Saturday, Getting the next Portuguese to Get the Honor Following former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
City manager Pep Guardiola was appointed Manager of the Season for another time.
Centre ago Dias was appointed England’s Footballer of the Year at the yearly vote of the Football Writers’ Association a month after a superb introduction campaign following his move in Benfica this past calendar year.
Dias played a crucial part in bringing City’s next Premier League title in 3 decades in addition to the League Cup, also helped his side reach the Champions League final.
The 24-year-old was named from the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Team of the Year.
Dias is the fourth largest guardian to become voted Player of the Season from the General Public, the captains of the 20 Premier League clubs plus also a board of specialists following Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic, former City captain Vincent Kompany and also Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.
His compatriot and former Manchester United forwards Ronaldo won the award in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Additional nominees for the award this year comprised Kevin De Bruyne, Bruno Fernandes, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, Mason Mount, Mohamed Salah along with Tomas Soucek.
Guardiola won the director’s award in 2017-18 and in 2018-19 once he led City to successive league titles.
Beneath the Spaniard, City surrendered the fewest goals (32) this year and kept clean sheets in half of the games (19) to complete 12 points clear from second-placed United.
Guardiola won the award ahead of fellow nominees Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United), David Moyes (West Ham United), Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United).
