Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag should strip Bruno Fernandes of the club captaincy, Alan Pardew has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, having a technician as a skipper is always a dangerous thing because they will always have off games from time to time, and it is hard for Bruno to be a leader when he does not get the ball enough.
Alan added that stripping the captaincy off Fernandes might actually free him up to play football without the leadership burden.
His words, “You’ve got your skipper out there, you’ve got a technical skipper, when you’ve got a technician as a skipper, I think it’s always dangerous because they’re going to have off games. Even [Christian] Eriksen in his prime, [Michel] Platini in his prime, they’d have the off day. They were technical players.
[Against Liverpool], it was never Fernandes because [United] never had the ball enough. Defensively, he’s not been called upon. How can he lead the team? It’s a very difficult one for him.
I actually think it would be better for him as a footballer to take it off him. I think it might free him up a bit, let him be a bit more free-minded. He’s probably worrying about the back four, worrying about the wingers. You don’t really know how to deal with it.
I don’t know, I think it’s a hamper to him.”
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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.
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