In the Premier League, the Award of the Monthly Player of the Month is arguably a weighty individual award and a favorite of Premier League players, and since its inception in 1994/95 and Klinsmann was elected as the first Player of the Month in premier League history, a large number of stars have won this award. Returning to Manchester United this season, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has performed well, won the 2021/22 Premier League Player of the Month of The Month.
Judging from the award of Ronaldo, it seems that it is not difficult to get the Premier League's player of the month. Actually, no, because there are a lot of big players who haven't been able to win this award. Here are 7 top stars who have never won the Premier League's Player of the Month:
7. David De Gea (Manchester United)
Manchester United clubs have won many Premier League awards and trophies, both club and player individual awards, but since joining Manchester United in 2011, De Gea, who has appeared more than 300 times, has not been able to win the Premier League's Player of the Month, whether it is in his season with five best saves of the season or in a season that equals the Premier League's record of 14 saves in a single game.
6. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
The legendary midfielder of France and Arsenal won the 2000/01 Premier League Player of the Season and helped Arsenal win the Premier League title, but never won the Premier League Player of the Month in his individual award.
5. Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
When Mancini was in charge of Manchester City, Kompany was the absolute defensive backbone of the team and the heart of City's defence, having played 31 league games and scored three goals in the 2011/12 season when he won his first Premier League title, the most important of which was the only goal scored in the Manchester Derby in April, helping City take an important step towards a historic victory. Since then, due to injury troubles, Kompany's form has not returned to his peak form, and he has since lost the Premier League's player of the month.
4. Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United)
Schmeichel won five Premier League trophies during his time at Manchester United and played an important role in the Treble in 1998/99, he also won Manchester United's Player of the Season, but he never had a chance to win player of the month at Manchester United. His closest move to Player of the Month was after his move to Aston Villa in October 2001, when Aston Villa won three of its four games that month, two of which he did not concede a single goal. Despite his excellent performance, the best player of the month was finally won by Leeds United defender Ferdinand.
3. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
Sanchez did well in his first season at Arsenal and was also nominated for the PFA Fans' Choice of Mr. Footballer of the Year award at the end of the season, notably in October 2015, when he was awarded the Premier League's Best Goal of the Month for his outstanding goal in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Manchester United, and still missed out on the Player of the Month award.
2. Yaya Toure (Manchester City)
Toure is a key player for Manchester City's three Premier League titles and has been named to the Best Team of the Season many times, but is always one step away from the best player of the month.
He scored two goals in key matches against Newcastle in May 2012 and 24 goals in all competitions in 2013/14, five of which were scored in March (including a hat-trick against Fulham), and four goals in September and December, but were defeated by Ramsey once and Suarez twice in those months' best player competitions.
1. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
I am afraid that no one would have thought that stamford bridge's "warcraft", the forward hegemon who helped Chelsea win the Premier League four times and also helped the team win the Champions League, has never won the Premier League's player of the month. Yes, he just didn't get it.
He has won a lot of personal accolades, personal awards, and has also performed well in the Premier League, winning the top scorer, but he has never won the Premier League Player of the Month.