Happening for the first time since 2016. De Gea is the man of the month for January in the Premier League

David de Gea won the Manchester United goalkeeper award for the best player of the month last January for the English Premier League 2021-2022 De Gea became the first goalkeeper to win the Player of the Month award since February 2016, which Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster won. In January, De Gea saved 22 shots in 4 Premier League matches De Gea is the most saved in the Premier League this season, with 84 saves, 13 more than Leeds United goalkeeper Ilan Messiler. De Gea won the award for the first time in his career after the 31-year-old played 361 games and came away with 127 clean sheets The Spanish goalkeeper beat Jared Bowen, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Harrison, Joao Moutinho and James Ward-Prowse. Previous winners of the award this season are Michael Antonio, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Raheem Sterling.