Bruno Fernandes, Andre Onana and Diogo Dalot nominated for Premier League Fans’ Team of the Season | OneFootball

Manchester United trio of Bruno Fernandes, Andre Onana and Diogo Dalot has been nominated for the Premier League Fans’ Team of the Season.

This nomination comes despite United’s extremely poor season that saw the club finish in eighth place in the Premier League – their worst since the 1989/90 First Division campaign.

As a result of their finish, United have not qualified for Europe. However, they have a chance of creeping into the Europa League by beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final this weekend.

United have confirmed that Fernandes, Onana and Dalot are in contention for a place in the Premier League Fans’ Team of the Season.

The three are part of a 60-man shortlist which will be reduced down to 11 players by supporters through a public vote.

In the just-concluded season, Fernandes managed 35 starts for United – the same as Dalot and the most across the entire club.

In that period, the Red Devils skipper managed an impressive 10 goals and eight assists. He led the team in both goals and assists and was only matched in the former by Rasmus Hojlund. Seven of Fernandes’ goal contributions came during April, in which the Portuguese enjoyed a rich vein of form that culminated in him being a candidate for the league’s Player of the Month prize.

Fernandes is competing against the likes of Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Pascal Gross (Brighton), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Rodri (Man City) for a midfield slot in the Fans’ Team of the Season.

Dalot is arguably United’s Player of the Season. The defender has been one of the 20-time English champions’ most consistent performers during a troublesome season. He was the only defender on the club’s books not to have missed a match due to injury.

The full-back was a blessing for Ten Hag as he was regularly deployed not only on the right but also on the left in the absence of any natural, senior left-backs available to the manager for selection.

Dalot finished the season with two goals and three assists, with his most recent strike coming on the final day at the Amex against Brighton and Hove Albion.

Fellow full-back nominees alongside Dalot are Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Alfie Doughty (Luton), Pedro Porro (Tottenham), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham), Kyle Walker (Man City), Ben White (Arsenal).

Meanwhile, Onana overcame a very difficult start to life at United and in the second part of the season, became one of the Reds’ most important players.

The Cameroonian played every minute of his maiden Premier League campaign at United. He picked up nine clean sheets along the way.

Onana made more saves than any other goalkeeper in the division and won April’s Save of the Month award after keeping out what seemed like a goal-bound header from Burnley star Lyle Foster.

Other goalkeepers who are in the running to be in the Fans’ Team of the Season are Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Man City), Thomas Kaminski (Luton), Bernd Leno (Fulham), Emi Martinez (Aston Villa), Neto (Bournemouth), Jordan Pickford (Everton), David Raya (Arsenal), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).

United fans can vote for Fernandes, Dalot and Onana here

The vote ends on Monday 27 May. The final XI will then be announced the next day.

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