Paul Scholes has compared Bruno Fernandes to Manchester United legends Eric Cantona and Wayne Rooney, saying the January signing has ‘brought life’ back into the Red Devils team.
Fernandes has had a huge impact at Old Trafford since his arrival from Sporting Lisbon, with two goals and two assists in five games for his new club.
And Scholes waxed lyrical about the Portuguese star after his instrumental performance in United’s Europa League drubbing of Club Brugge.
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The 25-year-old was at the centre of everything for United. He had a hand in all of their first three goals in the 5-0 victory, opening the scoring with a penalty before helping set up goals for Odion Ighalo and Scott McTominay, as Ole Gunner Solskjear’s men sailed through to the last 16.
And Old Trafford’s ginger hero Scholes could not contain his excitement after watching Ferdnandes run the show in United’s emphatic win.
“He’s brought a lifeless attacking team to life,” he told BT Sport.
“You wonder where United would be if they’d signed him in the summer. He’s made a team that wasn’t all that watchable at times very watchable.”
Asked what has impressed him about Fernandes, Scholes replied: “Everything so far.
“His creativity, his awareness on the pitch… before the ball comes he knows what’s happening. More often than not he makes the right pass. He’s sensational.
“He’s got goals in him, too, and you just wonder why nobody else came in for him or why we didn’t get him in the summer.”
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Bruno Fernandes has slotted right in at Manchester United, making an immediate impact with goals and assists
And Scholes believes Fernandes can be the club’s next big fan favourite, comparing the impact he has made in the team to Cantona and Rooney.
He even said the Portugal international is right up there with Kevin De Bruyne, widely regarded as the best midfielder in the Premier League, and perhaps in the whole of Europe.
“He looks a special talent, he looks like he can be a hero with the fans as well,” the former midfielder added.
“You look at your Cantonas, your Wayne Rooneys, these people who are idolised by the fans, you hope that in future he can become a player just as good as them.
“Sometimes it can take one player to make a team click and he looks like that player.
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“We knew there were good players there, but they’re not brilliant players. I think this player will make players around him look better.
“You think at all the great teams, you look at Man City in the last eight or nine years with David Silva, he’s made them play football. He has good players around him and he feeds them. Kevin De Bruyne’s taken that mantle over now with City.
“You think of all the great teams here with Cantona playing in that No.10 role.
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“He [Fernandes] just looks that type of player to me who can knit a full attack of a team together.
“We say is he a No.10 or a No.8 and when I think of him the only other player I can think of is De Bruyne at City.
“He [De Bruyne] is the best player in the Premier League, but Fernandes is right up there.”
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