Bruno Fernandes needs to be extra relieved than he’s happy to see Manchester United team-mate Rasmus Hojlund begin banging within the targets.
Hojlund may barely purchase one in the course of the first half of the season. But in latest weeks the Danish hitman has been unable to cease scoring, having plundered eight in his final eight video games in all competitions.
Which has been handy for Fernandes, as a result of the place the United captain is anxious, it is proved a welcome distraction. Fernandes, in the meantime, has nearly forgotten what it is prefer to hit the again of the online.
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The Portuguese worldwide resembled a purpose machine when he first rocked up within the crimson half of Manchester. But step by step the targets have dried up, with Fernandes scoring simply twice in 2024 to this point, with each of them coming towards decrease league opposition within the FA Cup.
In reality, the final time Fernandes scored within the Premier League was towards this weekend’s opponents Fulham, again at Craven Cottage within the first week in November. Fernandes is an attacking midfielder, which suggests his present contribution is nowhere close to ok.
Heck, if he spent as a lot power making an attempt to finish his drought as he does on moaning at officers, then he’d be extra prolific than Erling Haaland. Something not misplaced on new United investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
Like most individuals in soccer, Ratcliffe has been left lower than impressed with the antics of Fernandes in latest instances. Ratcliffe even criticised Fernandes’s behaviour in a guide he launched in the direction of the tip of 2023 charting the rise of INEOS, the petrochemicals firm he based 25 years in the past.
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The billionaire refers to how Fernandes tried to con the referee in United’s seven purpose hammering at Liverpool final season, when he collapsed clutching his face although he he’d suffered a minor blow to the chest. Take observe Bruno, as a result of Ratcliffe is now your new boss.
Fernandes has been largely insignificant in latest weeks, regardless of United’s upturn in type. It seems to have gone unnoticed, however Ratcliffe misses nothing and will likely be wanting far more from the United skipper within the coming video games, that are so essential to the crew’s possibilities of securing Champions League qualification.
Fernandes was a poor selection as captain, as a result of he is no chief of males. But he stays a great participant, and he has to begin proving it once more.