Nani lands April award

Nani has broken Wayne Rooney’s stranglehold on the ManUtd.com Player of the Month award by picking up April’s gong.

The Portuguese winger polled an impressive 65 per cent of the vote – almost three times that of his nearest rival – to become the first player apart from Rooney to win the award in 2010.

Nobody can deny Nani deserves the April honour. He injected life into the Reds (and set up Federico Macheda’s goal) when he came on against Chelsea at the beginning of April before scoring two – one a strong contender for Goal of the Season – in United’s clash with Bayern Munich.

He also looked lively off the bench at Manchester City and was United’s star man when Tottenham came to town, capping the performance with a delicious chipped finish in the 81st minute. After the Spurs game, Ryan Giggs labelled Nani “a special talent” and said “to finish as coolly as he did shows his quality and temperament”.

ManUtd.com users also showed their appreciation for Paul Scholes’ performances in the poll, with the midfielder earning a quarter of the vote. Nemanja Vidic and Gary Neville shared the final 10 per cent.