Fellow players hails Gareth Bale's PFA awards success

Gareth Bale, the Tottenham Hotspur winger, won both the PFA’s player of the year and young player of the year awards on Sunday night beating Liverpool’s controversial Luis Suárez into second place, while Manchester United striker Robin van Persie came third.

Here is a collection of the tweets from his peers on Bale’s triumph and other worthy winners on sunday night:

“@pablo_zabaleta: Truly humbled to be included within the @pfa Team Of The Year”. Congratulations my friend!

— Sergio Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) April 28, 2013

Congrats @pablo_zabaleta on being selected in team of the year fully deserved hermano — Samir Nasri Official (@SamNasri19) April 28, 2013

Congratulations to @garethbale11 on winning player and young player of the year.

— Charlie Adam (@Charlie26Adam) April 28, 2013

Congratulations to Gaz Bale.Great guy…well deserved.

— bradley h friedel (@friedel_b) April 28, 2013

Congratulations @garethbale11 on winning both awards.

— michael owen (@themichaelowen) April 28, 2013

Congrats to gareth bale on winning both awards tonight. I think. Van persie or suarez should of won it though.

— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) April 29, 2013

Buzzing de gea was in team of year. Yes david well deserved

— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) April 29, 2013

Congratulations @garethbale11#PlayerOfTheSeason & @kschmeichel1 in The Championship Team of the year #PFAawards

— Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1) April 29, 2013

I’m very proud to have won two PFA awards and make the team of the year… twitter.com/GarethBale11/s…

— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) April 29, 2013

Me and @d_degea going home after the PFA awards! Congrats to Bale on winning both player of the year awards! twitter.com/rioferdy5/stat…

— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) April 28, 2013

Well done @garethbale11 on winning both POTY awards. Take a bow son. #player

— Ian Taylor (@IanTaylor7) April 28, 2013

Fair play to Bale winning both PFA awards,had a superb season,still think Suarez has been best player in Prem,just ruins it by being a knob

— Darren Huckerby (@hucks6dh6) April 28, 2013

Congratulations to Gareth Bale on taking both PFAplayer of the year. Thought @persie_official was unlucky not to have taken 1 #bothclass

— Tim Cahill (@Tim_Cahill) April 29, 2013

Great night @pfa awards well done to all the winners especially Bainesy for getting in team of the year well deserved!

— phil neville18 (@fizzer18) April 29, 2013