Like the division itself, the Premier League Player of the Month award has evolved considerably since its inception.
The emergence and subsequent prominence of social media has turned the crowning of the monthly award into somewhat of an event.
The award is significant enough to make it onto a player’s individual honours list on Wikipedia and there’s almost a guarantee that disgruntled supporters will vent their frustrations at their favourite player being pipped to the post by an undoubtedly more suitable alternative.
From Diafra Sakho to Erling Haaland and Mickey Evans to Thierry Henry,…
