Man Utd news: Bruno Fernandes ‘a player you build the team around’ – Phil Jones

On Sunday’s episode of Match of the Day 2, former England internationals Phil Jones and Danny Murphy looked at captain Bruno Fernandes’ importance to Manchester United and where he fits in when new head coach Ruben Amorim takes charge later this month.

Fernandes’ former United team-mate Jones said: “I get the impression he’s almost misinterpreted at times, I can only go from my own experience in the dressing room that I spent with him.

“He’s a leader in the dressing room and he’s brilliant with the younger lads. We’ve all got different captains and he’s a leader who leads by example, in terms of the qualities he brings. He’s a player that you build the team around.

“He wants to win. Being at Manchester United is a heavy shirt to wear and I feel with him being the captain, he can certainly wear that shirt.”

Assessing his performance in Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Chelsea, Murphy said: “No United player has really been outstanding this season, that’s fair enough to say, and Bruno included – he’s admitted it himself more or less.

“But when they need somebody to be brave and creative, he stands up to be counted and again he did [against Chelsea].

“Nearly all of the moments when United open up teams, he’s involved somewhere. It doesn’t matter what the score is, how big the crowd is, whether they’re moaning or happy, he’s always trying little things.

“When the new man comes in, irrelevant of system or how he wants to play, he’ll have to find a place for Fernandes because he is United’s best creative spark.”

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