Garnacho has develop into solely the second Crimson ever to win the award, following on from idol Cristiano Ronaldo.
Our legendary former no.7 was the maiden recipient, again in 2009, for an equally spectacular objective – that long-range thunderbolt at Porto within the 2008/09 Champions League quarter-finals.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min are among the many iconic names to have adopted in Ronaldo’s footsteps within the intervening years, though there have been some less-heralded winners, given the award’s nature, because it encompasses all ranges of senior soccer.
