Rooney Earns PFA Place

Wayne Rooney is Manchester United's sole representative in the PFA Team of the Year.

The Premier League's players voted Rooney, whose brace against Everton on Sunday took his season's tally to 26 in the league and 33 in all competitions, into the side alongside Arsenal forward Robin van Persie, who scooped the prestigious Player of the Year award.

It's the third time Rooney has been recognised by his fellow professionals with selection into the team, following similar storming seasons in 2005/06 and 2009/10.

There was no room for any other Reds, though, despite strong performances this term from the likes of Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia and Jonny Evans.

Instead, four Manchester City players - Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, David Silva and Yaya Toure - made the cut, while Tottenham Hotspur delivered three, including defender Kyle Walker, who took home the PFA Young Player of the Year gong.

Last season's Player of the Year Gareth Bale retained his spot in the side, while Scott Parker earned his first selection. Newcastle's Fabricio Coloccini and Everton's Leighton Baines rounded out the peer-voted XI.

PFA Team of the Year: Hart (City); Walker (Spurs), Kompany (City), Coloccini (Newcastle), Baines (Everton); Silva (City), Toure (City), Parker (Spurs), Bale (Spurs); van Persie (Arsenal), Rooney (United)

Cream of the 2011/12 crop
PFA Team of the Year
Joe Hart
Kyle Walker
Vincent Kompany
Fabricio Coloccini
Leighton Baines
David Silva
Yaya Toure
Scott Parker
Gareth Bale
Wayne Rooney
Robin van Persie

Player of the Year
Robin van Persie

Young Player of the Year
Kyle Walker