David De Gea responded to being left off the PFA Players’ Player of the Year list by saving Manchester United’s FA Cup bacon. “He’s our goalkeeper,” said Louis van Gaal, “that’s what he does.”
This year’s POTY shortlist marks one of those few occasions where you think ‘fair enough’.
Leicester trio N’Golo Kanté, Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy are all in contention, along with Arsenal’s Mesut Özil, Tottenham’s Harry Kane and West Ham’s Dimitri Payet.
PFA Players’ POTY nominees: @dimpayet17, @HKane, @vardy7, @MesutOzil1088, N'Golo Kanté & @Mahrez22. #PFAawards pic.twitter.com/LwY4lqUT8M
— Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) April 13, 2016
Kane is also in contention for Young Player of the Year, an award won by the Spurs forward last season, along with Dele Alli, Jack Butland, Philippe Coutinho, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley.
Men’s PFA Young POTY nominees: @Dele_Alli, @HKane, @JackButland_One, @Phil_Coutinho, @RomeluLukaku9 & @RBarkley20. pic.twitter.com/l9CHMUf7QT
— Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) April 13, 2016
So far, so good, right? Well, not if you’re a Manchester United fan.
United, as is so often the case, would be several points worse off without the input of goalkeeper David De Gea.
So when supporters looked at the list and found no trace of the Spaniard, they promptly lost their collective sh*t.
That only increased, ten-fold, when De Gea produced more heroics in the 2-1 FA Cup win over West Ham, last night.
https://twitter.com/Red041/status/720363147194970112
https://twitter.com/EvokedUnited/status/720223380545343488
No David de Gea or Anthony Martial nominated for Player of the Year or Young Player of the Year respectively. Farcical.
— OldTraffordFaithful (@OTFaithful) April 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/MyManDeGea/status/720224185449058304
When you realise De Gea isnt one of the POTY nominees pic.twitter.com/MphHDcVGLp
— Harry (@ClassyMartial) April 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/Marty_MUFC/status/720226095694536704
