The Premier League Player of the Year in February was released, and Rachford was re-elected. This is the third time that he won this award this season, tying Salah’s record in 2017/18.
Rachford, who broke out after the World Cup, was named Premier League Player of the Month in September and January this season. He scored five goals in four league games in February, and scored in the first leg of the Europa League play-off against Barcelona and the Carling Cup final.
The England striker has won the Premier League Player of the Month for the third time this season, tying Salah’s record in the 2017/18 season. At that time, the Liverpool winger won awards in November 2017, February and March 2018, and was the first player in the history of the Premier League to win this award for three times, and finally scored 32 goals in the whole season.
In addition, Rachford is also the first Premier League player of the month since Manchester City midfielder Gundogan in January and February 2021.
Rachford’s competitors in February were leicester city striker Kelechi Na Qiao, Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno, winger Manor Solomon, Tottenham right-back Emerson Royal and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins.
After winning the prize, he wrote an article on Twitter to celebrate: "I am ecstatic to win the player of the month award in Manchester United and the Premier League again. I couldn’t have succeeded without the help of other teammates and staff. Setbacks are inevitable, but as long as we remain focused and United, we will eventually see the dawn at the end of the tunnel! "
Rachford, who also won Manchester United’s player of the month award in February, also modestly thought that this award was the credit of the team as a whole. In December and January, he was elected as the best player in the team: "This player of the month award, I think you can award it to anyone in the team in the last three months. Each of them deserves to win this award, so it really makes me feel honored, and I have done it three times. "
"All the players who aim at this or not, they also deserve this award. This shows that we are making progress as a team, and I hope we can continue like this. "
It is worth mentioning that Erik Tenghag and David de Gea also won this month’s Best Manager and Best Fighting Award respectively.
Previously, Rachford and Eric Tenghah won the Player of the Month and Coach of the Month in September last year. The last time Manchester United achieved this achievement twice in a single season was 15 years ago, when Cristiano Ronaldo and Sir Alex Ferguson won awards in January and March 2008 respectively.
At present, Rachford has won the Premier League Player of the Month four times in his career. Sergio Aguero and Harry Kane won the most awards, and they have won this honor seven times.