Paul Scholes doesn’t think Bruno Fernandes would win POTY.
Since the arrival of the Portuguese playmaker last January, Fernandes has been really influential for the Red Devils scoring 15 goals and providing 10 assists in 26 Premier League matches this campaign.
He has been one of the standout performers in the Premier League this season but United legend Paul Scholes believes he has to have more impact in games against the bigger sides.
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‘What he’s brought to this United team… has been special,’ Scholes told Optus Sport.
‘He creates goals, scores – not in the big games! – but in a lot of them. Ultimately, at Man United you are there to win titles and big games and he has to be a bigger influence than that.
‘I could give him a bit of an excuse with United’s centre-halves – to me, they need protecting too much, especially in the big games against proper forward players.
‘(The central midfielders) sit too deep and he doesn’t get the support from the midfield players, which is important to him.
‘It is not just the ability he has got, he needs bodies around him to take people away, so he can come into spaces, player who is controlling midfield, and that brings the best out of him.
‘This will be a problem for United until they solve it. They need to sign a centre-half who is dominant, takes the ball off people, look what City have done with Dias… all the teams that have won the league in recent years: Kompany, Van Dijk…
‘He should be right in the mix (for PFA Player of the Year), there is no doubt about that, but I am always a believer the best players are the players playing for the team that wins the league and there are a few City players I’d go for before Bruno.’
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