Peter Drury next season after we sign Mateus Fernandes:
Mateus to Cunha, Cunha to Bruno, Bruno to Fernandes, Fernandes to Matheus, and Matheus back to Mateus.
🚨 Radek Vitek wants to play rather than be a BACKUP to Senne Lammens.
He is expected to go on pre-season with the club in the summer before a decision is MADE.
United will NEED options in the squad should 28-year-old Altay Bayindir look to leave. #MUFC [@cmckennasport]
50 reasons why Bruno is the Premier League PFA POTS no debate (No. 47 is crazy)👇🏼
1. 18 assists and on track to equal/beat the record
2. Bruno Fernandes has won the most MOTM awards in the Premier League this season (18), followed by Rayan Cherki with 10
3. Played more than 50% of games Utd's deepest midfielder and still has 18 assists
4. Everyone expected #MUFC to finish 8th or below this season—he is a huge reason why they are third
5. Bruno Fernandes could be on about 25 assists already if United were more clinical
6. MOTM performances vs Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea
7. His biggest contender Rice did not step up and influence those big games like Bruno did
8. Bruno played deeper than Rice at the start of the season and his numbers still trump his
9. Gabriel, Rice, Saliba all class but no standout at Arsenal—fans split between which of the three deserve it
10. Bruno Fernandes is just the best individual player in the league
11. It is Premier League Player of the Season, so Man Utd not being in Europe has no impact on this
12. Despite being forced to play DM for half of the season and playing fewer games than other top players, Bruno is in the top 1% for the following stats: goal involvements
13. Top 1% assists
14. Top 1% chances created
15. Top 1% progressive passes
16. Declan Rice has 7 MOTM awards this season—less than half of Bruno
17. Most assists in the top five leagues: Bruno and Olise (18), and look at the way people speak about Olise
18. Bruno is the only player to create 100+ chances this season
19. Bruno’s assists have contributed to over 30% of Man Utd's goals this season—for context, KDB’s 20 assists only contributed to 19% of City's goals that season
20. That Bruno dummy on Calvin Bassey
21. That Bruno free kick vs Bournemouth
22. That Bruno assist vs Chelsea is something few players could do
23. In games where Man Utd were shocking (Newcastle away), Bruno was the only player who showed up trying to make things happen out of nowhere
24. His defensive work rate is insane
25. Arsenal may bottle the league and have not played great since the turn of the year
26. Olise’s 18 assists only contributed to 17% of Bayern's goals, while Bruno’s 18 assists = 31% of United’s goals—if Bruno had better attackers he would be on way higher numbers
27. Bruno's influence on Man Utd is higher than that of any player in the league
28. Bruno's vision, technical ability and passing range are clear of Rice
29. If Bruno was English, it would not even be a debate
30. Other 10s are struggling in the league as it is way more compact this season—Xavi, Wirtz, Palmer, Foden, Odegaard and Eze failing to have the same impact vs low blocks that Bruno does
31. Both KDB and Henry won POTS after reaching 20 assists, so if Bruno reaches 20 assists he has to
32. The league is lacking quality in the final third, and Bruno is clearly the best player in the league
33. Bruno is first in the league for xA
34. If you exclude set-pieces for Bruno Fernandes but include them for everybody else, he still has the most chances created in the Premier League this season (71)
35. 26 G+A in 30 PL games while playing almost 60% of the season in a double pivot is absolutely mental
36. Some games Bruno Fernandes drops back into CB when chasing games to pick up the ball and make things happen from deep
37. Every pass and good bit of work Man Utd does goes through Bruno 90% of the time
38. Bruno’s biggest competitor in Rice statistically does not top any charts like Bruno does
39. No midfielder in Premier League history has more Player of the Month awards than Bruno Fernandes (6)
40. No player other than Bruno has ever created 6+ chances in four successive appearances in the competition (he did that this season)
41. That Bruno performance vs Aston Villa
42. Bruno controls the tempo of Man Utd games
43. No Arsenal player has even won Player of the Month this season
44. Bruno has won POTM awards, Rice, Saliba and Gabriel have not this season
45. Bruno has created nearly double the amount of chances as anyone else in the league
46. KDB managed 23 goal contributions in total in 21/22 and won the PFA Player of the Year award—Bruno is already on 26 and has played deeper
47. No player has created 5+ chances in more than three games this season, Bruno has done it in 14 games
48. That Bruno pass to Cunha vs Aston Villa
49. Insane set-piece deliveries
50. Most key passes per 90 in the league
Leny Yoro might not be the future.
•He can’t win Ariel duels properly
•He lacks positional awareness
•He’s got low physical strength
•He’s not composed under pressure
•He doesn’t command his box
•He’s lacks good passing range
•He’s not got any fear factor in him
•He’s not comfortable with the ball at his feet.
•He’s not confident in himself.
He’s simply not reliable enough and Manchester United can’t afford to depend on him if we really want to challenge.
🚨 Jermaine Defoe on the Bruno vs Pedri debate:
“Pedri operates in a calm, controlled environment, while Bruno is out there battling in chaos. One focuses on possession, the other wins games. Put Pedri in Manchester and he struggles with the intensity. Put Bruno in Barcelona? Lewandowski thrives, La Liga becomes more entertaining, and the assist records take a hit. Bruno makes a team feel like it has more players on the pitch.”
🚨Every Manchester United fan will enjoy this video.
After everything we went through last season, we deserve this. Proper football and Identity.
Under Michael Carrick, we’re finally playing the way this club should.
#MUFC [via @kvng_baff]