Ronaldo eyes second PFA award

April 11, 2008

Cristiano Ronaldo heads the list of players nominated for this year’s Professional Footballers Association player of the year award. The Manchester United winger, who also claimed the award last year, faces competition from the Arsenal duo of Cesc Fábregas and Emmanuel Adebayor, Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, and the Portsmouth goalkeeper David James.

Ronaldo is widely expected to receive the award after a season in which he has been universally acclaimed for his dazzling contribution to Manchester United’s pursuit of a Premier League and Champions League double. A landmark campaign has seen the Portuguese score 37 goals, surpassing George Best’s club record tally for a winger of 32, which had stood since United’s European Cup-winning campaign of 1967-68.

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