Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal elated at David Raya’s PFA accolade
Arsenal football club’s David Raya has secured the ‘PFA Premier League Goalkeeper Of The Year’ award for his standout debut campaign at the Emirates Stadium, in the 2023-24 season. Raya managed an exceptional 16 clean sheets on loan from Brentford. His performance impressed Mikel Arteta and the club, as they signed the 28-year-old Spaniard shot-stopper permanently this summer, to make him the first-choice name between the sticks.
The Spanish International posted his clicks from the PFA Award ceremony on his Instagram account with the caption, “PFA Awards night. Honoured to be named on the Team Of The Year”. Real Madrid’s ace Dani Carvajal took to the comment section to praise his fellow national teammate and Arsenal keeper. The defender wrote, “Más que merecido bro 🔥” which translates to, “More than deserved bro.”
David Raya and his Club-mates dominate the PFA Premier League TOTY
Last season, the Gunners narrowly missed out on the League triumph against Manchester City — after falling short by two points in a close race. However, they failed to win any trophies for their brilliant campaign, still five players from North London clubs have been included in PFA’s Premier League Team of the Year.
Alongside, David Raya is his club captain Martin Odegaard and Midfield maestro Declan Rice. From defence, the two most consistent and reliable centre-back pairings in Europe — William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes also made it to the cut following an excellent stint last season for Arsenal.
In the previous two seasons, Arsenal have been an extraordinary side equipped with a world-class squad and their competitive nature has re-established their lost top-six status, in the Premier League. Additionally, they have successfully qualified twice for the UEFA Champions League football under the supervision of their boss Mikel Arteta.