Bruno Fernandes has been advised that he must “go up one other degree” for Manchester United and Portugal as he at the moment has a few “dangerous habits”.
The Purple Devils paid an preliminary payment of round £47m to signal Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon firstly of 2020.
Fernandes hit the bottom working as he was very good in his first 18 months at Man Utd. He scored 30 objectives in his first 80 appearances for the Premier League facet.
However the midfielder was one of many gamers who underperformed final season as United struggled beneath Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick.
Admittedly, the midfielder has benefitted from a recent begin this season however has struggled to copy the shape he confirmed early into his Man Utd profession.
Fernandes has netted simply twice in 13 Premier League video games this time period. United might be demanding extra from him within the coming months.
He is among the important leaders on the membership who will look to step up following Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit.
Ronaldo and Fernandes are team-mates worldwide and they helped Portugal beat Ghana 3-2 of their World Cup opener on Thursday.
Talking earlier than this identify, Graeme Souness identified that Fernandes must “get on with it” as he must cease together with his “petulance”.
“He [Fernandes] has bought the skills you want, seems to have the precise perspective on the subject of apologising to supporters when he doesn’t do nicely and being courageous sufficient to get in entrance of the digital camera, it’s admirable,” Souness advised ITV Sport.
“However the factor he has to do to go up one other degree, the factor he has to get out of his recreation is what he [Keane] is speaking about [petulance]. That’ll be taken out of him on the coaching floor.
“One other factor I don’t like is him in possession, he’s pointing to the place try to be shifting to. Simply play the ball son, get on with it!
“Throwing your palms up and shrugging your shoulders when somebody doesn’t move to you – you don’t get prime gamers doing that.”
Man Utd legend Roy Keane then steered that Fernandes at the moment has “one or two dangerous habits” that he must rid of.
“He’s bought one or two dangerous habits, however once more, massive stage for him. A lot expertise, he’s a high quality participant, I do like watching him.
“However he’s bought into this behavior of placing his arms up within the air and pointing at individuals and he must go up one other degree.
“He’s bought a chance with Portugal however I all the time need extra from him. However when it comes to expertise, he’s bought a great deal of it.”
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