Tottenham Hotspur’s talismanic star won both the PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year award which just goes on to show how highly he is rated by fellow professionals.
Though Tottenham Hotspur will have to wait a little longer for some piece of silverware, Gareth Bale will end the season with the satisfaction of having received recognition for everything good he has done this term.

The young Welshman beat the likes of Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez to become PFA Player of the Year for the second time in his career. It was always considered a three-way fight for the award once the list was announced and picking out one of these three amazing talents was always going to be a tough job.

Chelsea star, Juan Mata was also in the running but the Spaniard never really had a chance to win the award considering how well these three aforementioned players performed throughout the campaign. However, nothing should be taken away from the former Valencia man who has played a huge part in Chelsea’s revival in recent weeks.

Why Gareth Bale deserved the award

Wherever they are right now and wherever they will be at the end of the campaign, Tottenham Hotspur would never be there had it not been for their Welsh maestro. When he won the award last time out, jury was still out on the left-winger as many people still felt that he could improve more in many key areas.

This season however, Bale has led his side from the front, scoring goals at free will while at the same time, proving to be a game changer which is a hallmark of all great players. In 29 Premier League outings, Bale has found the net 19 times. Another important feature of Bales’ prolific campaigns is that the 23-year-old has scored in big games for his side, this includes goals in crunch games against Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool and recently in the dramatic comeback against Manchester City.

The former Southampton man has delivered mature performances week in week out and has improved in terms of his positioning, finishing, shooting and ability to play down the right side where he used to struggle last season and before.

Premier League winners’ medal not enough for RVP

It is quite rare to see a player make such a valuable contribution for a team in his debut campaign. That is exactly what Robin van Persie did when he joined Manchester United from Arsenal. Last season’s PFA Player of the Year winner played a huge role in helping Manchester United reclaim their Premier League crown and silence their noisy neighbours for at least until the end of next campaign.

Many believed that the Dutchman had the award wrapped up in January when he was scoring goals for fun. Then came a dip in form as the former Arsenal man struggled to find a goal for what seemed like eternity. There is no doubting the fact that RVP played a huge role in helping Sir Alex Ferguson win his 13th Premier League title, and many people will feel that he was unlucky to not get the nod ahead of Bale.

Suarez left gritting his teeth

How things could have been different had Suarez resisted the temptation to sink his teeth into the arm of Branislav Ivanovic!

Before his stunt, many people were willing to wager on the chances of the Liverpool star winning the award and silencing his detractors once and for all. However, as soon as he sunk those teeth in, his chances of getting approval from fellow professionals fell away.

However voting for the auspicious award began much earlier, by then Suarez had not melted his teeth into Ivanovic’s arm. Suarez could have been given the nod largely due to the fact that he was playing at a consistent level at a side that fails to deliver regularly.

Both Suarez and Van Persie boast a higher number of goals than the prolific Welshman, with the latter also having won the Premier League title with his team, which has led to the argument that it was perhaps Van Persie who deserved the award the most.

All three individuals have been instrumental to any sort of success their teams have experienced this season and it will be fair to say that it surely is very difficult to choose the best among the superlative trio.