Wayne Rooney who has been enjoying the finest season of his career for Manchester United has added another achievement by winning the PFA Player Of The Year award. Rooney won the award by comfortably beating off competition from Cesc Fabregas, Didier Drogba and Carlos Tévez.
Rooney missed Saturday's victory against Spurs due to a groin injury that he picked up in training. Manchester United confirmed, "fatigue" was another cause that kept Rooney out of the tie. The wonder kid was also nominated for the Young Player of the Year award which he had won in 2005 and 2006. However, this honour went to Aston Villa’s James Milner this time.
By winning the PFA Player Of The Year award, Rooney has ensured that a Red Devil has won this award for the fourth consecutive time. It was Ryan Giggs who won it last year and Cristiano Ronaldo had bagged the same award twice before that.
The 24 year-old striker credited Sir Alex Ferguson's role for his development and backed him to remain the boss at Old Trafford. He said,
Sir Alex has really brought me on as a player since I joined United. His hunger passes through to the players. It’s great to see that he’s pushing 70 and hasn’t changed a bit. I’m sure he’ll be here for a long time yet.
It was earlier said that Wayne Rooney would miss the remaining part of the season due to his groin problem. However, he explained his situation and said,
The groin will be fine for the World Cup, there are no worries about that. I’m hoping to play for United in the last game of the season.
Apart from Rooney winning the PFA Player Of The Year award for Manchester United, Patrice Evra, Darren Fletcher and Antonia Valencia were also named in the Premier League Team of the Year.
