It’s the third time the Portuguese international has collected the prize since his January move to the Reds, and he saw off competition from five Premier League counterparts to win the award.
Ben Chilwell, Jack Grealish, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Angelo Ogbonna and James Ward-Prowse were also nominated, but Fernandes takes the accolade after a public vote, which was combined with the selections of the league’s 20 captains and a panel of football experts to determine the winner.
“It means a lot, of course,”
he told club media, upon receiving the prize.
“I think it’s always good for an individual player, this award.