Best creative player in PL history for me now.
I used to keep Bruno below KDB. But, this season from was historical. I donโt believe KDB ever had a PL season as good as this one. At the least, both similar level for me.
I donโt care about trophy logic. Otherwise I would have Nicky Butt as a better player than Henry, Gerrard, and Lampard.
Bruno Fernandes created more chances from open play in the Premier League last season (88) than any other players created from open play and set-pieces combined.
On another level. ๐
Only three players have ever registered 21 assists in Europeโs top five leagues since records began:
Lionel Messi ๐ฏ
Thomas Mรผller ๐ฏ
Bruno Fernandes ๐ฏ
Bruno Fernandes's assists were vital to Man United's success this season ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐
No player in Premier League ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ comes close to the 24 points he won through creativity alone ๐คฏ
13 - Had only his assists from Michael Carrick's first game in charge in January counted, Bruno Fernandes would still have finished top of the @premierleague assist charts this season with 13. Relentless.
Michael Carrick finishes with 39 points from 17 Premier League games, the most of any manager since his arrival... champions Arsenal were three points off his Manchester United side.
Breaking a 23 year old record straightaway catapults Bruno Fernandes into Ballon dโOr conversation
There is a reason this record wasnโt broken for 23 years. Because itโs extremely difficult to get to 21 assists. Nobody in the PL history had achieved this before Bruno.
136 - Bruno Fernandes created 136 chances in the @premierleague this season; the most by a player in any of Europe's big five leagues since Kevin De Bruyne in 2019-20 (also 136). Visionary.