Manchester United held their annual Awards ceremony at Old Trafford despite a season to forget on the field. The Red Devils are set to end the Premier League campaign in sixth after falling well short in the title race. Jose Mourinho was sacked in December and despite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer overseeing a revival under interim charge, United's form has slumped again since his permanent appointment. Some fans called on the club to cancel to ceremony but United's first-team stars flocked to Old Trafford, alongside their female counterparts and youth team players. Follow what happened at United's 2019 Awards, including each and every winner below.<doc-sep>Once you have subscribed we will use the email you provided to send you the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter email. Luke Shaw has scooped Manchester United's Players' Player of the Season and the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year awards for 2018/19. The English left-back hasn't exactly been the hallmark of consistency this season and was woeful in the recent 1-1 draw with Huddersfield. However, given United's woes this season under both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho, there were not many players to choose from. Paul Pogba, Victor Lindelof and Marcus Rashford were perhaps the only other options available to pick from. The usual winner of the awards David de Gea has sadly had his worst season in a United jersey. Romelu Lukaku actually did tell reporters recently that he believes Shaw is worthy of the awards. “Luke Shaw has been the best player of the season, for me," Lukaku said, per United's official website. ”He has been brilliant since the start. He scored in the first game of the season against Leicester City and he has never looked back.“ Elsewhere at the awards ceremony, Mason Greenwood was named as the Young Player of the Year, while Tahith Chong earned the Reserve Team Player of the Year accolade. Andreas Pereira was awarded the Goal of the Season for his beautiful strike in the 3-2 win over Southampton back in March. At the ceremony, Solskjaer gave a bit of a speech explaining his feelings toward the manager's role in his short time in the job. “It’s been a rollercoaster," Solskjaer told MUTV. "We had a fantastic start, everyone just enjoyed [themselves]. When you win games, you’re confident, you smile, you start to enjoy yourself. "Then we got a few injuries and it’s been ups and downs the last two months but that’s football, that’s human beings. It’s not like Football Manager. You’ve got to deal with different stuff outside football as well. "There have been highs and lows but I've enjoyed it, it’s a great challenge. I’ve not gone to bed one night worrying about what’s gonna happen because I love coming in, the boys are fantastic. “It’s a great challenge [to oversee the rebuild] but it’s a great responsibility as well, because this club is huge. The media and everyone’s criticising us as soon as they've got a chance. We've just got to stick together. "We've been through difficult periods before but we've got to come through it as a team. But we've got to do it together. We’ve got to recruit smart, keep blooding the youngsters and we’’ll be fine.” News Now - Sport News<doc-sep>In a difficult season for the team performances by the left-back stood out, while Andreas Pereira, Katie Zelem and Tahith Chong also won gongs Luke Shaw has won both the Player's and the Fan's votes to scoop both versions of the Manchester United Player of the Year award. Despite a difficult season for the team Shaw’s performances won him the gong. The 23-year-old fought back from injury to cement his place as the team's starting left-back Andreas Pereira won the Goal of the Year for his screamer against Southampton. Katie Zelem won Women’s Player of the Year as United were promoted to the Women’s Super League as champions of the Women’s Championship in their first season as a team. Tahith Chong, rumoured to be under consideration for a start in United’s final game of the Premier League season won the Reserve Player of the Year. The then 19-year-old Shaw was signed from Southampton for £30m ($51m) in June 2014, which was then a world record fee for a teenager. He’d already made his international debut by that point and was selected for England’s World Cup squad that summer. Shaw’s first season at United was stop-start, marred by niggling injuries and suspensions, but he was a regular starter at the beginning of the 2015-16 season before a horrendous injury derailed his season and almost his career. The full-back suffered a double-leg fracture in a Champions League game against PSV on 15 September 2015, and didn’t even return to training until April of the next year. He came back in the Community Shield in the 2016-17 season, but saw his career flounder as Jose Mourinho seemed to lack faith in the young player. In the 2017-18 season Mourinho questioned Shaw’s fitness and commitment to the team. “I cannot compare [Shaw] with Ashley Young, with Matteo Darmian, with Daley Blind,” the former United manager said. “I cannot compare the way he trains, the way he commits, the focus, the ambition. “I cannot compare, he’s a long way behind.” Shaw’s United dreams appeared to be in tatters, and his lack of game-time saw him miss out on England’s World Cup squad to Russia. Article continues below Shaw used his fallow summer to rededicate himself to fitness, and earn his spot in the side. The youngster won all the club’s preseason fitness tests and grabbed his chance to start when Ashley Young returned fatigued from his World Cup exertions. Shaw started and scored in the first game of the Premier League season and has not looked back, with his campaign culminating in a sweep of the senior Player of the Year awards at Old Trafford.<doc-sep>Luke Shaw was the unexpected winner of two Manchester United Player of the Year awards on Thursday evening. The left-back fended off competition from Victor Lindelof and Paul Pogba to pick up both the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards. “It means a lot especially coming from the lads,” Shaw was quoted as saying by talkSPORT. “They’ve always stuck by me when other people haven’t and they’ve always helped me along my rough journey, but it’s brilliant, and of course thanks to them all for voting. “Obviously this season hasn’t been the best, but for me it’s been a better season than the last few personally. “I need to keep pushing on and see what happens next season.” ‘Obviously this season hasn’t been the best’ is a contender for understatement of the year from Shaw. United have endured a dismal campaign and will compete in the Europa League next season after failing to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League. They are currently on a five-match winless run and have sealed just two victories from their previous 11 games. Let’s be honest: Shaw has probably the best of a bad bunch this season. United fans would have canceled the end-of-season awards ceremony if they’d had the chance. Paul Scholes’ eldest son, Arron, summed up Shaw’s win on Twitter. He tweeted: “If you think you had a bad week, someone had to watch through all united’s games this season to produce a video of Luke shaw’s season highlights for the awards dinner tonight.” He’s not wrong. Scholes Jr. is fast-becoming a must-follow account on Twitter for Man Utd fans. He made headlines a couple of weeks back for urging Matthijs de Ligt against a move to Old Trafford with the following tweet: “As much as I’d love to see De Ligt at United, I wouldn’t even wish that on him. Go to Barca and enjoy your career mate because we’re wank and have a team full of bell ends.” Then, after United’s 1-1 draw away at Huddersfield Town last weekend, he tweeted: “5 players walk over to the away end on the last away game of the season. This club is on its f***ing arse” A straight-talker, just like his old man. You have to imagine that Scholes would be exactly the same if he was on Twitter. News Now - Sport News<doc-sep>
Published 12:31 AM , May 10 2019 GMT+1 | Last updated 12:41 AM , May 10 2019 GMT+1 Luke Shaw was the big winner at Manchester United's end-of-season awards after taking home both the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year. Fans voted the 23-year-old left-back to scoop the Matt Busby award ahead of second-placed Victor Lindelöf and third-placed Paul Pogba. However, one fan-made United Twitter account has said that Shaw winning the awards highlights a major problem with the club. Advert 10 No, it's not because there's anything against Shaw personally, but rather the shocking defensive record that the Red Devils have had this season. "If ever you wanted to know how bad things are at United, a defender has just won our Player of the Year in the same season we've conceded the most goals we've ever conceded in the history of the Premier League," The Man Utd Way tweeted. Of course, The Man Utd Way isn't the only one to share that sentiment. In fact, other United fans have taken to Twitter to share similar messages. Advert 10 For example, David de Gea might have chalked up his 100th United clean sheet in the Premier League earlier this season, but the Spanish shot-stopper has been heavily criticised for his performances over the course of the campaign. Advert 10 Whether or not United fans agree with a defender winning the two Player of the Year awards, the Red Devils made their case perfectly clear for Shaw to receive the honours that he did on the night. "It's arguably been his most consistent campaign since recovering from the horrific leg break he suffered against PSV Eindhoven in September 2015, and his impressive club form earned him a recall to the England squad," the club wrote on their official website. Credit: PA United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjær is well aware of the task that he faces in rebuilding the club's squad in order to challenge for the top four, having finished outside of it this season and, as a result, they will now miss out on Champions League football. Advert 10 It was recently reported that several United players would see their wages slashed after the club failed to finish in the Premier League's top four. Will United finish in the top four next season?