Football News : We play like a family at City - Dias named FWA's Footballer of Year

Manchester City's Ruben Dias was voted the Football Writers' Association, Footballer of the Year for 2021, as the Portugal international became the first defender to win the award since Liverpool's Steve Nicol in 1989. Having joined from Portuguese side Benfica ahead of the 2020-21 season, Dias enjoyed an incredible debut campaign at City and formed an excellent partnership with England international John Stones at the heart of defence, which laid the foundation for the club to win English Premier League and English League Cup honours this season, and also reach the UEFA Champions League final. Dias was a comfortable winner ahead of Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane and City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne. Overall nine City players received votes which accounted for over 50 per cent of the total votes cast.